Object is distorted when pasted from clipboard into Acrobat

I am running Acrobat X Pro. I can copy an image from my application and paste it Word without problem. However, if I paste it into Acrobat via Edit/Paste or using the Comment/Stamp tool to paste from the clipboard, the aspect ratio of the image is distorted. If I copy the image to Word, then copy it from Word and paste into Acrobat, it is not distorted. Is there any known problem with pasting metafiles from the clipboard into Acrobat? Any clues for diagnosing what might be the problem?

A better approach might be to use Acrobat X Pro's Edit Object Tool to insert the image.
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