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Remove Image Background

If you want to remove the background on an image, you don’t need a separate program to accomplish this task. Microsoft Office comes with a great feature to remove the background on an image so you can remove the background from a picture easily.

Remove Background
Use the Remove Background button on Picture Format tab.

To remove background from a picture, follow these steps:

Video Tutorial: Remove Picture’s Background
  1. Select the image by clicking on it.
  2. Click on the Picture Format tab which becomes available anytime you click on a picture.
  3. Click on the Remove Background command located on the left side of the ribbon.
  4. The Background Removal tab appears on the Ribbon.
  5. Microsoft Word automatically attempts to detect the background and applies purple shading to those areas of the image that it perceives as background.
  6. Use Mark Areas to Keep and Mark Areas to Remove buttons on the Background Removal tab to refine the areas of the picture’s background (watch the above video example).

The Background Removal tab contains the following commands:

Background Removal tab
  1. Mark Areas to Keep
    Click this command and then click any areas of the picture that are purple shaded, that you’d like to keep.
  2. Mark Areas to Remove
    Click this command and then click any areas of the photo that aren’t shaded, that you’d like to remove.
  3. Discard All Changes
    Click this button to cancel the changes. At any time, you can use this command to restore the image’s background to its original state.
  4. Keep Changes
    Click this button to apply the changes. It will display the image without the background, it removes everything in that purple shaded area.