Fortunately you do not need to edit the picture in an image-editing program, but rather you can rotate the picture directly within the Excel program itself. Our short tutorial below will show you the steps that you need to follow to rotate your Excel picture.
Rotating an Inserted Picture in Excel 2010
These steps are for an image that has been added to your spreadsheet via the Pictures button on the Insert tab. These steps will not work to rotate an image that has been added to your spreadsheet as a background image. Step 1: Open your spreadsheet in Excel 2010. Step 2: Click the picture that you want to rotate. If you have not yet inserted your picture into Excel, then you can do so by clicking the Insert tab, clicking the Picture button, then selecting your image. For additional help with inserting images into an Excel 2010 spreadsheet, click here.
Step 3: Position your mouse on the green handle above the image. You will know that your mouse is positioned correctly when the cursor switches to a circular arrow, as in the image below.
Step 4: Click and hold the left mouse button, then drag the mouse to the left or right, depending upon how you want to rotate the image. Once the image has been rotated to meet your needs, release the mouse button.
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