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Crop a picture to fit a shape Closed captions

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Press F5 to start, Esc to stopYou can enhance a picture by giving it a different shape. A quick way to do this is with Crop to Shape.First, select the picture on the slide.Then, look for the Picture Tools Format tab, which appears when you select the picture. Click Format.On the Format tab, in the Size group, click the arrow under Crop, and point to Crop to Shape.This opens the Shapes gallery, where you choose a shape for the picture.Look for a shape that works well with the picture image and orientation. For this picture, lets try a rounded rectangle.That shape works nicely, cutting out little of the image and giving it rounded corners.Note that Crop to Shape maintains the pictures aspect ratio, meaning its height-to-width proportions.To experiment with another shape, just click the arrow under Crop, and point to Crop to Shape.Well look for a shape thats quite different. How about this star?Interesting result, but I think it cuts out too much of the picture, especially of the central figure.Ill click Undo to return to the rounded rectangle shape, which accommodates this picture better.Now, with the picture still selected and the Format tab displayed, Ill do a little bit of picture formatting.For example, Ill click Picture Border and choose a border color.Then Ill click Picture Border again, point to Weight, and increase the width of the borderto 4 points, so its more visible.Thats a nice, simple accent.If you want more elaborate picture formatting, heres a speedy way to apply it and also use Crop to Shape.Lets go back to the original picture.This time, before using Crop to Shape, Ill select the picture, click Format, and click More to open the Picture Styles gallery.The gallery styles combine different thingsthe type of picture shape,border colors and styles, and effects such as reflections and shadows.Ill find a picture style I like, such as this one, with a white border and perspective shadow, and click to apply it.Then, leaving the picture selected, Ill click the Crop arrow,point to Crop to Shape, and choose the rounded rectangle.Following this process, I quickly got a more elaborate picture style,then I chose the shape I wanted using Crop to Shape.For more information, see the course summary and do more experimenting with PowerPoint.1234Course summaryHelp