This article applies to steps you can use to crop images in different Microsoft 365 applications. You can use the same steps in PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, or Excel. When you crop a picture to a certain shape, it'll change size to match that shape while keeping its proportions the same. More @Wikipedia
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