Why Microsoft is getting rid of those iconic illustrations. — -- Clip Art, the iconic collection of images beloved by students and professionals around the world for their whimsy and ease of ...

You’d better enjoy Microsoft’s cheesy Office Clip Art catalog while you can, because it may be going away in favor of Bing. According to a Microsoft support page, the company is retiring its Office ...

Earlier last week, Microsoft announced that they will be closing up the Office.com Clip Art shop in favor of using Bing’s Image Search. It’s probably going to make presentations look a whole ton more ...

Microsoft today announced Clip Art is getting a new source for its images: Bing. The Office.com image library that powered the service in Microsoft Office has been killed off. If you’re creating ...

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Fans of the much-loved Clip Art may be disappointed to know that Microsoft intends to discontinue its library of the dated computer graphics. These images, which came in handy when producing book ...

When was the last time you used Clip Art? If you can’t remember, you’re not alone: Microsoft’s Office team today announced it is doing away with Clip Art’s online image library and replacing it with ...

First it was Clippy -- and now it's clip art: After 20 years as the preeminent way of sprucing up a lackluster Word or PowerPoint document, Microsoft has retired its Clip Art gallery. In its place, ...

Microsoft quietly bid farewell to its “Clip Art” image library Tuesday, acknowledging that Word or PowerPoint users can find generic images of bunnies, money bags or cherry bombs through online image ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Users of Microsoft's Office desktop applications such as Word and PowerPoint will now have a new ...

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