Remove or change the picture background or fill in Word
Enhancing your documents in Microsoft Word often involves working with images. Adjusting image backgrounds can significantly improve the visual appeal of whether you're preparing a report, a presentation, or any other project. This guide will teach you how to remove or change the background of pictures within Word documents, empowering you to customize visuals to fit your needs perfectly.
Step-by-Step Guide to Remove Picture Backgrounds:
Step 1. Select the Image
Click on the image to select it. This action will activate the Picture Tools in the ribbon.
Step 2. Navigate to the Picture Format tab
Step 3. Remove Background
Within the Format tab, find and click on Remove Background.
Word will try to determine the background area to be removed automatically. The areas marked in pink are what Word identifies as the background.
Step 4. Adjust the Selection
If Word does not perfectly select the background, use the Mark Areas to Keep and Mark Areas to Remove tools to adjust the selection manually.
Info: In Microsoft Word, the Mark Areas to Keep tool helps you specify which parts of an image to retain, while the Mark Areas to Remove tool allows you to select parts of the image you want to delete.
Step 5. Keep Changes
Once satisfied with the background selection, click Keep Changes to remove the background.
Before and After
Change background color of picture
If you want to change the fill color of the picture after removing the background. Please do as below:
Keep the picture selected.
Go to the Format Picture tab, click the Format Picture arrow in the Picture Styles group.
In the popping-out pane, click Fill & Line tab, then check Solid fill option, and in the Color dropdown, choose one fill color as you need.
And the picture background has been filled with new color.
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