Pictures – Cropping: Crop Picture to Shape in PowerPoint

Created: Thursday, May 22, 2014, posted by Geetesh at 3:34 pm

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While you can conventionally crop pictures in PowerPoint to a rectangular constraint, you can also opt to use another shape to crop instead. This tutorial explains the Crop to Shape option that lets you choose non-rectangular cropping shapes for your pictures; the results tend to look like a picture contained within a shape.

To learn more, choose your version of PowerPoint. If we do not have a tutorial for your version of PowerPoint, explore the version closest to the one you use.

Microsoft Windows

Crop Picture to Shape in PowerPoint 2016

Crop Picture to Shape in PowerPoint 2013

Crop Picture to Shape in PowerPoint 2010

Apple Mac

Crop Picture to Shape in PowerPoint 2011

Crop Picture to Shape in PowerPoint

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