How to crop images using PowerPoint?

PowerPoint is a program that has always been at your disposal when you have to present a work, edit your photos and videos , make an animated presentation, or combine various shapes to create a professional presentation.

The good thing about this program is that it has many tools and functions that make it easy for you to start your creativity , so if you want you can cut your images with the cut, edit, and paste functions.

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1. What is the way in which parallel sides can be cut within PowerPoint?
   1. Con PC
   2. Using the mobile version
   3. From the website
2. What procedure should be followed to trim all the margins in PowerPoint?
   1. From the mobile app
   2. with website
   3. Using the desktop app
3. How can you crop two opposite sides at once in PowerPoint?
   1. From PC
   2. with mobile
4. How to cut a PowerPoint image using a preset shape?
   1. Setting the size manually
   2. Knowing the desired measures

What is the way in which parallel sides can be cut within PowerPoint?

The good thing about this program is that it offers you the most basic functions to crop an image , this time you can do it from your PC, your mobile device or from the web page, below I will explain each of the steps that you must implement to carry out your work.

Con PC

1. Open the program and in the toolbaryou are going to select Insert and then click on Image so that you insert it into the program and thus make the cut
2. Now you are going to click on the image and you are going to select the Format option and click on Crop
3. Then a menu will open where you will select Crop with the shape, in this way you will execute to cut the parallel sides

Using the mobile version

From the application on your phone you will not be able to do it, since they have not yet been able to incorporate this tool in the version of PowerPoint, you can only use it for basic things

From the website

PowerPoint from its website does not have the option to cut shapes like the desktop version , with this option what you can do is apply basic shapes to your image, be it a circle, a rectangle or an oval.

What procedure should be followed to trim all the margins in PowerPoint?

Sometimes the steps to proceed to crop something in PowerPoint can be very similar , only the location of the tool you need to use will change, so if you want to remove the margins of your image so that when you print everything on the sheet you just have to follow these Steps:

From the mobile app

For the phone version the option to crop margins is not available, only basic image cropping can be done in PowerPoint mobile app , however only desktop apps can remove cropped areas of the image.

with website

1. Add the image you want to crop
2. In the toolbar you will select the image option
3. Within that option you will find more options, but you will click on Crop
4. The image will be different, since some black borders will appear, with the cursor you are going to point to a cropping handle, you are going to click and drag inwards so that the image margin is cropped

Using the desktop app

1. In the Insert option you are going to click on the image so that you can eliminate the margins
2. On the right button of your mouse you are going to press right click,two options will appear and you are going to select the one that says Crop
3. In the image it will appear how the edges turn black, so you click on each side and the image margins are erased

How can you crop two opposite sides at once in PowerPoint?

If you want to change the look of an image and crop its sides to a specific shape , you can do it with PowerPoint tools and features, when cropping the image you can crop the same image to more than one shape if you want.

You just have to make a copy of the image to crop it to another desired shape . You can also put a password on your PowerPoint files and thus prevent them from making any changes to your work.

From PC

The steps are similar to the other crop processes , in this case what you need to do to crop the opposite sides is to drag the corner crop handle inwards.

with mobile

It is impossible to do it, since these tools and functions are not available in the mobile application , you will find in this guide that most of the functions for trimming are not available in the App.

How to cut a PowerPoint image using a preset shape?

There are several tools that you can use, PowerPoint has the option to cut an image either downloaded from the Internet or you can cut the image so that it has a particular shape , either by the same shapes that this program offers you.

Whatever the reason you want to use the Crop tool, these processes are easy to do, even if you want you can insert an image behind a text and give your presentation a unique touch.

Setting the size manually

If you want to adjust the size of your image, you must fill in and drag any of the size controllers, that is, on the image you are going to press and right click on your mouse , several options will appear and you will select the one that says Size and Position.

Then a new tab will appear with all the options of this tool, there you can adjust the Height, Width, Scale, even cut the sides of the image or if you are not satisfied with what you have done, you can put it back to your original size

Knowing the desired measures

On this occasion what you should do is find out if you want a personalized cut and for that you should know the measurements you want in your image to be able to adjust it with the tools that PowerPoint offers you .