How do you change the background of a picture to transparent in word 2013? I have tried using the remove background button under the picture format tool but that did not work. i also tried several other options in the picture format toolbar and i was unsuccessful.
Word – Changing a picture background to transparent in word 2013
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In Word 2007 (or Excel or PowerPoint), you can “Choose commands from” “Macros” when you customize the Quick Access Toolbar (the button bar above or below the ribbon).
This is a bit lengthy, but it works!
- Download and LibreOffice. It's free. Only the Windows version works, the Mac (OS X) version won't work (I tried it).
- Go into Word and save your file as a .doc (if it's not already in that format)
- Go into LibreOffice, open the .doc file and save it as a .odt file
- Go into Word, open the .odt file and save it as a .docx
This reduced the file size of some of my Word files with lots of equations by 90%
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The office "remove background" tool is only good if the background is a very big contrast to the object. Is it possible to remake the image with a different background?
Otherwise you may want to look into third party software like Photoshop or Gimp. Gimp is the free option by the way. If these options don't seem to work for you then could you upload the image for us to see?