How to Crop a Picture in Word

Use standard cutting tools

Open the Microsoft Word document. Double-click the document that contains the picture you want to crop. The picture opens in a Microsoft Word document.

Select photo. Scroll through the document until you find the picture you want to crop, then click to select it.

Click Crop . This option is in the "Size" section, to the right of the Format toolbar . A menu will drop down.

On Mac, this option is in the toolbar at the top of the "Picture Format" tab.

Click Crop in the drop-down menu. When you click it, a set of black bars will appear at the borders and corners of the selected image.

Adjust to crop the photo. Click any black bar on the edge or corner and drag inward to adjust the crop.

Click the "Crop" button. This option has a frame icon with a line through it above the Crop drop-down icon . All parts of the image outside the black bars will disappear.

Save changes. Press Ctrl+ S(Windows) or ⌘ Command+ S(Mac) to save.

Use the cut to shape tool

Open the Microsoft Word document. Double-click the document that contains the picture you want to crop. The picture opens in a Microsoft Word document.

Select photo. Scroll through the document until you find the picture you want to crop, then click to select it.

Click the drop-down arrow next to the "Crop" button. This option is in the "Size" section, to the right of the Format toolbar . A menu will drop down.

On Mac, this option is in the toolbar at the top of the "Picture Format" tab.

Select Crop to Shape . This option is in the drop-down menu. Another menu will pop up with shapes.

Choose shape. Click the shape you want to crop. Immediately, this shape will be applied to the photo.

Adjust shape size. Click any dot on the image border and drag outward or inward to increase/decrease the image size.

Save changes. Press Ctrl+ S(Windows) or ⌘ Command+ S(Mac) to save.

Use the aspect ratio crop tool

Open the Microsoft Word document. Double-click the document that contains the picture you want to crop. The picture opens in a Microsoft Word document.

Select photo. Scroll through the document until you find the picture you want to crop, then click to select it.

Click the drop-down arrow next to the "Crop" button. This option is in the "Size" section, to the right of the Format toolbar . A menu will drop down.

On Mac, this option is in the toolbar at the top of the "Picture Format" tab.

Select Aspect Ratio from the drop-down menu. Another menu will pop up.

Choose ratio. In the pop-up menu, click one of the aspect ratios that you want to use to crop the photo.

Adjust selection. Click and drag the photo around until you center the part you want to keep within the square/rectangle of the aspect ratio.

Click the "Crop" button. This option has a frame icon with a line through it above the Crop drop-down icon . The photo will be cropped according to the aspect ratio you choose.

Save changes. Press Ctrl+ S(Windows) or ⌘ Command+ S(Mac) to save.