Apply or change a style or effect for a picture

You can apply a style or effect to a picture to visually enhance the way it appears. For example, you can distort a picture, blur a picture, or change the style of a picture's edges.

Newer versions Office 2011

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Do any of the following:

Quickly apply a style

1. Click the picture, and then click the Format Picture tab.

2. Click Quick Styles, and then click the style that you want.

   

Add or change a shadow, reflection, glow, edges, bevel, or 3-D rotation

1. Click the picture, and then click the Format Picture tab.

2. Click Picture Effects, point to a type of effect, and then click the effect that you want.

   

3. To fine-tune the effect, click Options at the bottom of any effect menu.

See also

Insert pictures

Do any of the following:

Apply or change a style

1. Click the picture, and then click the Format Picture tab.

2. Under Picture Styles, click the style that you want.

   

   To see more styles, point to a style, and then click .

Add or change a shadow, reflection, glow, bevel, or 3-D rotation

1. Click the picture, and then click the Format Picture tab.

2. Under Picture Styles, click Effects, point to a type of effect, and then click the effect that you want.

   

3. To fine tune the effect, under Picture Styles, click Effects, point to a type of effect, and then click [effect name] Options.

   

See also

Apply or remove an artistic effect from a picture

Change the brightness, contrast, or blurriness of a picture

Change the color, transparency, or recolor a picture

Remove the background of a picture