Although Microsoft Word is a word processing program, it also offers some photo editing tools, as we've already seen in this article. Perhaps one of the most useful photo editing tools found in Word 2016 is the background removal tool. This tool allows you to remove backgrounds from your images.
Microsoft word tutorial|How to insert images into word document table - Duration. Create a Table of Contents in Word 2011 for Mac - Duration: 6:37. CP102 Computer Videos 281,195 views. Word allows you to do much more than simply insert or place graphics. For our fourth lesson in this series, we will focus on the graphic design functions in Word such as pictures, SmartArt, screenshots, and other items that can be found on the “Insert” tab.
We are going to remove the background from our image:
To use this tool, double click on the image for which you want to remove the background. Click on the Remove Background button in the Adjust group under the Picture Tools Format tab.
When you click the Remove Background button, you will see the Background Removal tab appear on the Ribbon. Your image's background – and possibly your image – will also change colors. Don't worry. This is temporary.
The areas that appear in purple are the areas that Word has determined are background areas that it needs to remove. If there is purple on any areas of your image that you want to keep, you can drag the handles of the bounding box that appears over the image. Drag the handles outward to keep more of the image.
In the snapshot above, you can see that the stem of the flower and part of a petal appear purple. If we leave them purple, they will be removed from the image. We can drag the hands of the bounding box to fix this, as pictured below.
After you adjust the bounding box, if there are still areas of your image that are purple that are not supposed to be purple, go to the Background Removal tab in the Ribbon. Remember, any areas that are purple are considered background areas by Word.
Click the Mark Areas to Keep button.
Your cursor will turn into a pencil.
Simply click on an area that you want to keep.
As shown in the snapshot above, a plus sign appears where you clicked. If you look at our previous snapshot, you can see this area used to be purple, but by clicking on it, it's restored to its original color.
We can now click on all areas we want to keep.
You can also mark areas of your image for removal. It's quite possible that Word will not detect all background areas, so those areas will not appear purple. To mark areas you want the tool to remove, go to the Ribbon and click Mark Areas to Remove.
Click on the areas to remove just as you clicked on the areas you wanted to keep. However, this time, those areas will turn purple.
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On the Insert tab, in the Illustrations group, click the Online Pictures button.
The Insert Pictures window appears.
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In the text box by the option Office.com Clip Art, type a description of what you want.
For example, a picture of a politician may go well with your report on misbehaving in public. Type politician in the box.
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Press the Enter key.
Peruse the results that are displayed. You may have to scroll a bit to see all of them.
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Press the Enter key.
Peruse the results that are displayed. You may have to scroll a bit to see all of them.
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Click the image you want, or refine your search by repeating Steps 2 and 3.
Click on the desired image.
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Click the Insert button.
The image is downloaded from the Internet and thrust into your document.
Word sticks the clip art graphic into your text, just like it’s a big character, right where the insertion pointer is blinking. At this point, you probably want to move the image, resize it, or do other things.