WD: How to Rotate a Clipart Picture or WMF file

ID: Q181251

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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:

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

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

3. Under Categories, click All Commands.

4. Under Commands, click DrawDisassemblePicture. Drag it to the Drawing 

   toolbar and then click Close.
5. On the Insert menu, click Picture. Select the picture you want and 
   click OK.
6. Click once on the graphic to select it and then click the 
   DrawDisassemblePicture button on the Drawing toolbar.
7. On the Drawing toolbar, click the Select Drawing Objects button 
   and then select all the objects in the picture.
8. Click the Group button on the Drawing toolbar.

You will now be able to 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: 

   ARTICLE-ID: Q110009
   TITLE     : WD: Picture Moved to Unexpected Location Using
               DisassemblePicture
Additional query words: Windows Metafile Draw Tools File word6 word7 word95 
Keywords          : kbgraphic
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0,6.0a,6.0c,7.0,7.0a
Platform          : WINDOWS
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: February 11, 1999