CyberTaz wrote:
>
>
> On 7/19/08 10:29 AM, in article OTVGqva6IHA.3696@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Jim
> Gordon MVP" <goldkey74@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> CyberTaz wrote:
>>> I'm not sure what you mean by "image cutout option", but you may be
able to
>>> get the effect suggested by the term.
>>>
>>> You can create an AutoShape of your choice, then use Format Shape>
Fill>
>>> Picture to impose a picture within the shape.
>>>
>>> HTH |:>)
>>> Bob Jones
>>> [MVP] Office:Mac
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 7/17/08 4:59 AM, in article 59b528af.2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"kelle"
>>> <kelle> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Does anyone knows if powerpoint 2008 has the image cutout option
>> Hi Taz,
>>
>> The question involves the selection and cut-out tools that are at the
>> bottom of the Picture toolbar. These tools were removed from Office
>> 2008, along with VBA, TWAIN sup****t, slide preview, etc.
>>
>> -Jim
>
> Yeah, I figured the Bitmap Editor was at issue here, but just thought
I'd
> throw that out there ;-) Lots of folks don't realize it can be done with
> such an array of shapes. If you choose wisely you can get some
interesting
> effects which sometimes - well, you can get lucky. The Crop tool serves
a
> similar purpose, it just doesn't remove any of the image.
>
> Regards |:>)
> Bob Jones
> [MVP] Office:Mac
>
The crop tool is not one of the tools in question. The crop tool still
exists and does something entirely different from the tools removed from
Office 2008.
These tools were killed by Office 2008:
Cutout
Rectangular Marquee
Oval Marquee
Lasso
Polygonal Lasso
Magic Lasso
There are part of core office, which is what took the biggest hit in
Office 2008.
The elimination of these tools does force people to use a 3rd party
graphics editing program. For the most part, that's just overkill and a
huge waste of time. Why use GraphicConverter, Photoshop, or some other
application when we ALREADY HAD this capability in Office and lost it!
These were excellent features that were Mac only and were features that
helped to distinguish Mac office and make Mac Office better than Windows
office. Now they're gone so that Mac Office can have the Windows drawing
engine, which to me does not seem to offer anything more to Mac users
than the old engine did no matter how nice Microsoft says the new one is.
All this is spilled milk. There's new management now and it seems like
the MacBU ****p is now pointing forward instead of toward a sink hole.
Office 2004 still works fine and that's what I use. 2008 is very nice
for some folks, but it's not for me or for people used to having these
handy tools.
-Jim
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