How to Use

Use WPS Crop Image across 6 how-to topics, including freeform cropping, aspect ratio or shape cropping, right-click cropping, floating toolbar cropping, crop scaling changes, and precise crop positioning; choose a topic from the index and follow the steps.

How-to Index

How-to Guide

1. Freeform crop an image

Entry point: Picture Tools tab → Crop

1. Select the image you want to crop.
2. Click the Picture Tools tab.
3. Click Crop.
4. When crop handles appear around the image, drag the handles to adjust the crop area.
5. Click outside the image, or press Enter, to confirm the crop.

Success Criteria

• Interface result: The image edges change based on your crop adjustment.
• What you can do next: You can continue moving, resizing, rotating, or cropping the image again.

Tips While Using

• Common mistake: If the image is not selected first, the crop entry point will not appear.
• Environment note: Picture-related controls appear only after an image object is selected.

2. Crop an image by aspect ratio or shape

Entry point: Picture Tools tab → Crop → Crop → Aspect Ratio Crop / Shape Crop

1. Select the image and click the Picture Tools tab.
2. Click the drop-down arrow next to Crop.
3. In the expanded menu, click the arrow next to Crop.
4. Choose Aspect Ratio Crop and select a preset ratio, or choose Shape Crop and select a target shape.
5. Adjust the crop area and confirm the result.

Success Criteria

• Interface result: The image is displayed in the selected ratio or shape.
• What you can do next: You can fine-tune the crop area or switch to another crop method.

Tips While Using

• Common mistake: Opening the menu but not continuing to choose a ratio or shape.

3. Crop an image from the right-click menu

Entry point: Select the image → right-click menu → Crop

1. Select the image you want to crop.
2. Right-click the image.
3. Choose Crop from the menu.
4. Drag the crop handles to adjust the area.
5. Click outside the image to confirm.

Success Criteria

• Interface result: The image enters crop mode and crop handles appear.
• What you can do next: You can complete cropping directly without switching to the top ribbon.

Tips While Using

• Common mistake: If you right-click outside the image object, the crop option will not appear.

4. Crop an image from the floating toolbar

Entry point: Select the image → floating toolbar → Crop

1. Select the image you want to crop.
2. Choose Crop from the floating toolbar.
3. Drag the crop handles to adjust the area.
4. If you want to restore the original image shape, click Reset Shape and Size.
5. Click outside the image to confirm.

Success Criteria

• Interface result: You can crop or restore the image directly on the current slide.
• What you can do next: You can continue adjusting image position, size, and other styles.

Tips While Using

• Common mistake: Clicking a blank area too early exits crop mode.

5. Switch crop scaling

Entry point: Picture Tools tab → Crop → Fill / Fit

1. Select the image and click the Picture Tools tab.
2. Click the drop-down arrow next to Crop.
3. In the expanded menu, click the arrow next to Crop.
4. Choose Fill or Fit to change crop scaling automatically.
5. Fine-tune the result if needed, then confirm it.

Success Criteria

• Interface result: The image display changes to either fill the target area or fit within it more completely.
• What you can do next: You can continue dragging the crop area to refine the visible focus.

Tips While Using

• Common mistake: Not distinguishing between Fill and Fit, which can either crop too much of the subject or leave too much empty space.

6. Set crop position precisely

Entry point 1: Image right-click menu → Format Object
Entry point 2: Task pane → Properties

1. Select the image.
2. Open Format Object from the right-click menu, or click Properties in the right-side task pane.
3. In the Picture tab, expand Crop.
4. Set Picture Position values such as width, height, offset X, and offset Y as needed.
5. Set Crop Position values such as width, height, left, and top as needed.
6. If you want to restore the original crop state, click Reset.

Success Criteria

• Interface result: The crop area changes precisely according to the values you enter.
• What you can do next: You can align the image more accurately with other images or shapes on the slide.

Tips While Using

• Common mistake: Changing image size without checking crop position at the same time, which can shift the visible area unexpectedly.