Crop a picture to trim away outer edges that are unnecessary.
To remove the background of a picture, see Remove the background of a picture. To make a picture bigger or smaller, see Change the size of a picture.
In addition to basic margin-cropping, you can also crop pictures to specific shapes and aspect ratios, or crop picture fills inside a shape (in Office for Mac and in Office 2010 and later).
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Office can help with you with basic image editing as illustrated in the video above, but for more advanced tasks, you may need a dedicated image-editing app. Digital Trends has recommendations for free photo-editing software.
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Crop one side | Drag inward on the side cropping handle |
Crop two adjacent sides at the same time | Drag inward on the corner cropping handle |
Crop equally on two parallel sides at once | Press and hold Ctrl while dragging inward on the side cropping handle |
Crop equally on all four sides at once | Press and hold Ctrl while dragging inward on any corner cropping handle |
Description | Action |
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Crop one side | Drag inward on the side cropping handle |
Crop two adjacent sides at the same time | Drag inward on the corner cropping handle |
Crop equally on two parallel sides at once | Press and hold Ctrl while dragging inward on the side cropping handle |
Crop equally on all four sides at once | Press and hold Ctrl while dragging inward on any corner cropping handle |
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Crop one side | Drag the center cropping handle on that side inward. |
Crop two adjacent sides at the same time | Press and hold the Shift+Option keys while you drag the center cropping handle on either side inward. |
Get snipping tool on google earth pro for mac. Crop equally on all four sides at once | Press and hold the Shift+Option keys while you drag a corner cropping handle inward. |
Description | Action |
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Crop one side | Drag the center cropping handle on that side inward. |
Crop two adjacent sides at the same time | Press and hold the Shift+Option keys while you drag the center cropping handle on either side inward. |
Crop equally on all four sides at once | Press and hold the Shift+Option keys while you drag a corner cropping handle inward. |