The description of these behaviors is termed the mechanism. When scientists are not provided with such a mechanism, then a description of a process, it's explanation, or it's understanding, is questioned. Astrology does not work with mechanisms. It works with relationships, patterns, tendencies, and interpretations. It does not always give a yes or no answer.
I hate the Drawing Canvas and I understand that it's not backward compatible, so I never use it. To turn it off in Word 2002 and above, go to Tools 4 Options, General tab. Untick Automatically create drawing canvas....
Choose the Draw option on the Drawing toolbar. In most versions of Excel it has an arrow pointing up or down next to it. A pop up window will appear next to it. Click Rotate or Flip and then Flip Horizontal or Flip Vertical depending on how you want or image to look.