Edit pictures
Applies To
Excel for Microsoft 365 Word for Microsoft 365 Outlook for Microsoft 365 PowerPoint for Microsoft 365 Project Online Desktop Client Excel 2024 Outlook 2024 PowerPoint 2024 Project Professional 2024 Project Standard 2024 Excel 2021 Word 2021 Outlook 2021 PowerPoint 2021 Project Professional 2021 Project Standard 2021 Excel 2019 Word 2019 Outlook 2019 PowerPoint 2019 Project Professional 2019 Project Standard 2019 Excel 2016 Word 2016 Outlook 2016 PowerPoint 2016 Project Professional 2016 Project Standard 2016After you add a photo, graphic, or picture to your slide, you have many ways to enhance it—such as artistic effects (blur, glow, and more); preset styles that include a border and shading; and color and brightness/contrast adjustments.
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Adjust the brightness, contrast, or sharpness
1. Select the picture.
2. Select Picture Format and select Corrections.
3. Hover over the options to preview them and select the one you want.
For more info, see Change the brightness, contrast, or sharpness of a picture.
Apply artistic effects
1. Select the picture.
2. Select Picture Format and select Artistic Effects.
3. Hover over the options to preview them, then select the one you want.
Note: You can apply only one artistic effect at a time to a picture, so applying a different artistic effect will remove the previously applied artistic effect.
Change the color
1. Select the picture.
2. Select Picture Format and select Color.
3. Hover over the options to preview them, then select the one you want.
Apply picture effects
1. Select the picture.
2. Select Picture Format and select Picture Effects.
3. Select the one you want: Shadow, Reflection, Glow, Soft Edges, Bevel, or 3-D Rotation.
For more info, see Add or change an effect for a picture.
Add a border
1. Select the picture.
2. Select Picture Format > Picture Border, then select a border.
For more info, see Add and remove picture borders.
Remove the background
For info, see Remove a picture background.
Compress the picture
1. Select the picture.
2. Select Picture Format and select Compress Pictures.
3. Select the options you want, then select OK.
For more info, see Reduce the file size of a picture.
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