In a move which will frustrate middle-managers creating PowerPoint.The database of simple images which can be used to add interest to Word, PowerPoint or Excel documents were an iconic part of the desktop publishing revolution, but have come to look anachronistic and rather dusty.Microsofts history with Clip Art dates back to 1996 and the launch of Word 6.0, which included a paltry 82 images in its default installation.Nonetheless, the feature proved enormously popular and grew to a massive 140,000 images in the latest versions.
But with internet connections now almost ubiquitous and a wealth of images available without the need for a local database, Microsoft has chosen to drop support for Clip Art and switch over to Bing image search. The blog post stopped short of calling the move an end for Clip Art, branding it instead as a refresh that would be powered by Bing. Microsoft Windows Clip Art Gallery Free Of ChargeUsers searching for images would be directed to photographs released under a creative commons licence that they can use in their documents free of charge. ![]() Unless Microsoft reverses its decision, the crudely drawn cartoons will become as unfamiliar to the next generation as the sound of a modem dialling-up or floppy disks. ![]() For example, searching for cellphone gives more variety and modern looking phones instead of the old-school bricks from Clip Art.
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