With Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, or Excel, you can easily change the outline of a photo by turning it into a shape like a circle or a rounded rectangle. The Crop to Shape feature provides …

Select the shape. Go to the Shape Format tab, and near the left end, select Edit Shape. Select Change Shape, then choose another shape from the gallery.

You can change the look of a shape or text box by changing its fill or by adding effects to it, such as shadows, glows, reflections, soft edges, bevels, and three-dimensional (3-D) rotations. A fill is a …

You can change the size of pictures, shapes, text boxes, or other objects by either dragging the object frame or typing exact sizes.

On the Format tab, in the Shape Styles group, click the arrow next to Shape Fill. In the folder or location that the contains the picture you want to use, click the picture file, and then click Insert.

Apply a Picture Style to your picture Select your picture and then select More to open the Picture Styles gallery. Select the Picture Style you want. If you'd like to add a shape, select Crop > Crop to Shape …

Training: Change the way objects (pictures, shapes, and graphics) overlap in PowerPoint using Send to Back and Bring to Front to change the stacking order. And use the Selection Pane to find hidden …

You can add gradients to basic shapes and text boxes, as well as shapes that are part of charts, SmartArt, and WordArt. You can quickly apply preset gradients, or you can create your own gradient …

Select the shape or shapes that you want to make transparent. Right-click, and on the context menu, select Format Shape. In the Format Shape pane, set the Transparency slider to the percentage of …

Here's how to add a line, pattern, or custom border to a text box, picture, and other objects in Word, PowerPoint, or Excel for Mac. Note: If you didn't add the border to the shape, text box, picture, or …