Preview keeps adjusting my text boxes

Hi,
So i open up a PDF in preview and want to add some text so i add a text box and adust the size to fit my text. All good at this stage but then if i save it and close and then re open the text is still there in the text boxes but they have been shrunk to a smaller size and all of the text is on its side (Flipped 90 degrees right) and to fix this i have to go and re adust the size of the text boxes and its all good again until i save and re open again.
Using latest 13 inch MacBook Air with latest updates (been happening since purchase though).
Any help would be appreciated.

What happens in your Guest account, or create another user and test?
Put some .pdfs in Users/Shared for easy access.
EDIT: By the way, I just tested and I can't reproduce it on my system.

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