OFFXP: Flipped Images Lose Their Flipped Properties in VBA When Saved

When you save a document in a Microsoft Office XP program, the FlipVertical and FlipHorizontal properties in Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) are reset for any flipped images in the document.

For example, if a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation contains only one image on the first slide, and you flip that image both horizontally and vertically, you see the following results when you type the following code in the Immediate window of the Visual Basic Editor: However, when you save the presentation, and type the same code again, you see the following results:

When you save the file, the Office program erases the flipped bit because the program no longer needs it to determine the flipped state of the image.

This behavior is by design.