Microsoft Word Question: How do I draw a circle AROUND a picture w/o the circle center blocking out the pic?

Question

I've used the Drawing Toolbar to create a circle but I can't figure how to cut out the center white part of the circle so that when I layer it on top of a square picture, it does not block out the picture underneath it.

If I could figure how to CUT pictures in Microsoft Word in oval or circular patterns, I could solve this problem. If you know how to cut out a picture in Microsoft Word in a circle, please tell me how to here as that would solve the problem. However, to my knowledge, one can only cut and crop pictures in Microsoft Word in straight edge patterns, limiting pictures to only rectangles and squares but not circles.

Is there a way to draw a circle like a ring around a picture or element of a picture without having to draw a freehand line?

Answer 1

You can't crop into an oval or circular shape, but you can draw an oval or circle autoshape and then fill the autoshape with your picture by right-clicking on the autoshape and left-clicking on the Colors and Lines tab | Fill Effects.



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garfield-n-odie

Microsoft MVP 2005-2008

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Answer 2

To get rid of the white inside the cirkel go to the bottom of the page. Click on the figure to the right of Clipart and choose No filling.



I don´t think you can cut out pictures in Word. For that you need a graphic program.

Answer 3

Try right clicking on the circle and send it to the back. The picture then should come to the foreground.



Ok, you can open the picture in MS photo something(i forget the name) or paint and crop. Or download free Gimp and create your picture and insert it back into word.



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