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PowerPoint: cropping a picture - this is how it works

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How to crop a picture in PowerPoint
1st step:

Would you like to crop a picture in PowerPoint? Here we show you how to do it..

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The PowerPoint presentation program from the Microsoft Office Suite offers you not only text editing for your presentation but also many options for editing your design and content. For example, you can incorporate unedited photos and then adjust them with PowerPoint. For example, you can remove the background from your photo - this can be done with the cropping function.

How to crop a picture in PowerPoint

Note: This form of image processing is only available from Office 2016 and in Microsoft 365.

1st step:

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Click on the picture you want to crop in PowerPoint. Then select the " Format " tab under " Picture tools " in the bar at the top . Here you will find a number of tools for image manipulation. On the far left you will find the point " Cut Out ".
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Now you have to decide whether you want to mark " Areas to keep " or " Areas to be removed ". The marked areas are highlighted in color. Then select " Keep Changes ". Depending on the selection, the respective area of ​​the photo is now released. All other areas are removed and thereby made transparent.

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