WD: How to Rotate a Clip Art Picture or Windows Metafile

ID: Q181251

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a

SUMMARY

When you insert a graphic in Microsoft Word, you may not be able to use the Flip Horizontal, Flip Vertical, or Rotate Right drawing tools. This article shows you how to use a Microsoft Word command called DrawDisassemblePicture to make use of these drawing tools.

MORE INFORMATION

To be able to use the Flip Horizontal, Flip Vertical, or Rotate Right drawing tools, follow these steps:

Click the Drawing button on the Standard toolbar to turn on the Drawing toolbar.

On the Tools Menu, click Customize, and then click the Toolbar tab.

Under Categories, click All Commands.

Under Commands, click DrawDisassemblePicture. Drag it to the Drawing toolbar and then click Close.

On the Insert menu, click Picture. Select the picture you want and click OK.

Click once on the graphic to select it, and then click the DrawDisassemblePicture button on the Drawing toolbar.

On the Drawing toolbar, click the Select Drawing Objects button and then select all the objects in the picture.

Click the Group button on the Drawing toolbar.

You now can use the Flip Horizontal, Flip Vertical, or Rotate Right Drawing tools.

The DrawDisassemblePicture command is designed to break metafile pictures into individual drawing objects. If the selected graphic is a bitmap image, not a metafile, it will be placed in a text box on the drawing layer.

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q110009 WD: Picture Moved to Unexpected Location Using DisassemblePicture

Additional query words: Windows Metafile Draw Tools File word6 word7 word95

Keywords : kbgraphic kbdta
Version : WINDOWS:6.0,6.0a,6.0c,7.0,7.0a
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto