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Press F5 to start, Esc to stopYou can enhance a picture by
giving it a different shape. A quick way to do this is with Crop to
Shape.First, select the picture on the slide.Then, look for the
Picture Tools Format tab, which appears when you select the
picture. Click Format.On the Format tab, in the Size group, click
the arrow under Crop, and point to Crop to Shape.This opens the
Shapes gallery, where you choose a shape for the picture.Look for a
shape that works well with the picture image and orientation. For
this picture, lets try a rounded rectangle.That shape works nicely,
cutting out little of the image and giving it rounded corners.Note
that Crop to Shape maintains the pictures aspect ratio, meaning its
height-to-width proportions.To experiment with another shape, just
click the arrow under Crop, and point to Crop to Shape.Well look
for a shape thats quite different. How about this star?Interesting
result, but I think it cuts out too much of the picture, especially
of the central figure.Ill click Undo to return to the rounded
rectangle shape, which accommodates this picture better.Now, with
the picture still selected and the Format tab displayed, Ill do a
little bit of picture formatting.For example, Ill click Picture
Border and choose a border color.Then Ill click Picture Border
again, point to Weight, and increase the width of the borderto 4
points, so its more visible.Thats a nice, simple accent.If you want
more elaborate picture formatting, heres a speedy way to apply it
and also use Crop to Shape.Lets go back to the original
picture.This time, before using Crop to Shape, Ill select the
picture, click Format, and click More to open the Picture Styles
gallery.The gallery styles combine different thingsthe type of
picture shape,border colors and styles, and effects such as
reflections and shadows.Ill find a picture style I like, such as
this one, with a white border and perspective shadow, and click to
apply it.Then, leaving the picture selected, Ill click the Crop
arrow,point to Crop to Shape, and choose the rounded
rectangle.Following this process, I quickly got a more elaborate
picture style,then I chose the shape I wanted using Crop to
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