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Crop images directly in PowerPoint – How-to

Crop images directly in PowerPoint - How to - Techronology

This quick tutorial shows you how to crop images directly in PowerPoint.

How to crop images directly in PowerPoint

Follow the steps below to cut parts of your image in PowerPoint. In this lesson, we will isolate the female character from the image.

The steps

Overall, we perform five steps in this lesson.

How to crop images directly in PowerPoint - How to - Steps 1 to 4 - Techronology
  1. Click on the image
  2. Select Graphics Format or Picture Format from the menu bar
  3. Click Crop from the Size group, on far right
  4. If you clicked on the down arrow for Crop, then you will need to select Crop again from pull-down menu

Note: Since our image is in SVG format, the menu name is Graphics Format. Contrastly, other types of images may display Picture Format, in the menu bar.


After completing steps 1 to 4, crop selectors appear around our graphic.

Crop selectors around image in PowerPoint - Techronology

Below is a quick description of how the crop selectors move.

Description of crop selectors - Techronology

Next, isolate the female character from the image.

Crop images directly in PowerPoint - moving selector to left - Techronology
  1. Click and drag the right crop selector to the left

As a result, our female character is separated from the original image.

Note: To bring the male character back, just drag the crop selector to the right.


Success!

Success - Techronology

So, were you successful in accomplishing this task? If not, then give it another shot.

On the whole, you can do a lot of stuff with cropping. Especially, with Gender Pop, such as single gender comparisons.


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