More Adjustments:  Remove Background You can use the Picture Tools to Remove the Background on an image. This option is similar to Cropping an image. However, you can be much more precise where the crop marks, or nodes, are placed. Usually this is a task that is performed with a photo editor such as PhotoShop. However, the Picture Tools in PowerPoint work rather well.   1. Try it: Remove the Background Begin on Slide 5. Select the picture. Go to Picture Tools->Format-> Adjust. Select Remove Background.   Keep going... Picture Tools->Format-> Adjust->Remove Background Exam 77-422: Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 3.0 Create Slide Content 3.5 Insert and Format Images: Adjust Images (Remove Background)