1. Click the picture that you want to remove the background from.

2. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Adjust group, click Remove Background.

   

   (If you do not see Remove Background or the Picture Tools tab, make sure that you have selected a picture. You might have to double-click the picture to select it and open the Format tab. (Also, this feature isn't available in PowerPoint 2007.)

   The default background area will be colored magenta to mark it for removal, while the foreground will retain its natural coloring. In some cases, you will have the result you want without any additional work; in other cases, you will want to add or remove areas of the picture, as described in the next step.

3. If necessary, under Picture Tools, on the Background Removal tab, do one or both of the following:

• If parts of the picture that you want to keep were removed, click Mark Areas to Keep and use the free-form drawing pencil  to mark the areas on the picture that you want to keep.

• To remove more parts of the picture, click Mark Areas to Remove and use the drawing pencil  to mark those areas.

  

1. When you are done, click Keep Changes or Discard All Changes in the Close group.

Save the edited picture

• The changes that you make to your picture's background only affect the copy of the image that is shown in the presentation, document, workbook, or email message. They don't affect the original image file. However, once you are done and have selected Keep Changes, you can then right-click the image and click Save as Picture to save your newly revised image as a separate file.