Javascript, Text frame - Flip Horizontal

I just don't understand javascript very well yet.
I want to flip horizontally, a text frame, on it's center/in place. (Yes, I want the text to be wrong reading.)
the name of the text frame is smallTXXX and the indesign document will be open at the time the script is run. (I need to add this to an existing javascript.)
Thank you, I can't figure out how to piece this one together.

var doc = app.activeDocument;
var tf = doc .textFrames.item("smallTXXX");
tf.flipItem(Flip.HORIZONTAL, AnchorPoint.CENTER_ANCHOR);

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thanks in advance.
by, John Peter.

I copied text & paisted it and then draged the 3 photos from the file...then clicked on the photo then clicked the inline boxon tool bar nexed to floating one and that is how I did it
I do not know what you mean "cut & paist" how do I get the photo in from my picter folder if I do not drag it to the page in Pages?
I went to my photo folder and copied a photo and paisted the photo on the top left part of the page and it went there but there was no text to the right of photo...I could crop the photo to what ever size but no text to the right of photo...
This is just too big of a mess of a program as it should be easier then this,,,I hav e 300 photos in this project and would have to re-paist them all...that is nuts...
I see the button to the right of inline and floating that has 6 [lace to have the photo but the text does not float around the photo...
If this is what your talking about this very little freedom in my page layout as I need it to let me place it where I need it to be and the wrap the text...
There has to be an easier way to get my books ready for other formats other that Apple's iPad...iBooks Author was way eisier to make ready for iTunes...Love that program!!!
Want my books for sale on all the other formats and was told by Apple Pages whould do it...
I must be be out to lunch or the designers at Apple are ???

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