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How to put one picture on top of another in Word document?

Author Xiaoyang Last modified

In a Word document, you can quickly insert multiple pictures at once. Sometimes, you may need to place a smaller image on top of a larger one. Normally, you can’t simply drag one image over another. In this article, we’ll show you how to put one picture on top of another and optionally make the top image’s background transparent for a cleaner result.

Put one picture on top of another in Word document

Put one picture on top of another in Word document

Please follow the steps below to achieve this in your Word document:

  1. First, insert the two pictures you want to use. Then, select the larger image, right-click it, and choose "Wrap Text" > "Square".
    Square option on the context menu
  2. Repeat the previous step to format the second, smaller image.
  3. After formatting both images, drag the smaller image on top of the larger image to your desired position.
    The smaller image is dragged above the larger image
  4. To make the background of the smaller image transparent (optional), select it, then click "Format" (or "Picture Format") > "Color" > "Set Transparent Color".
    Set Transparent Color option on the ribbon
  5. Click the background area of the smaller image that you want to make transparent. You should now see the background has become transparent.
    The small picture now has transparent background

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