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Once you have created a drawing object in Word or placed into your document a graphic image, you can flip it horizontally or vertically. To flip an object, follow these steps:
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2016-01-20 11:36:57
Dave Wolf
Quick alternative: Grab any of the "handles" (corner or edge) and drag it completely across the image. The orientation will flip, mirror or invert according to the direction dragged. When the modified image is as desired, simply release the mouse button and the transformed image will replace the original.
When doing this with any corner handle, the edge of the resulting image can be matched up with the edge of the original, for sizing, and the aspect ratio will be maintained. With edge handles, the aspect ratio can be altered, stretching or shrinking one axis.
With a little bit of practice, images can be very easily manipulated without any of the messy ribbon/menu steps.
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