Microsoft announced in a blog post that it is shuttering its Clip Art library in favor of Bing Images, where users can now download royalty free images to use in their projects.

THE humble and indisputably cheesy Clip Art is about to get punched out, with Microsoft announcing it is shutting down the online library and turning to the web.

Numerous alternatives to Clip Art exist across the web, including clipart.com and Open Clip Art. Microsoft recommends using Bing search, which is built in to Microsoft Office, instead.

Washington-based Microsoft made the announcement on the Office blog. Customers can still add their own photos, as well as images from Bing Search. Clip Art images pictured.

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.

One of the happiest pieces of news to cross my email lately is the announcement that Microsoft is doing away with its oh-so-tacky clip art and replacing it with something much better and more ...

Even though Microsoft's Clip Art has been a staple of using Office products for many years, the reasoning behind the change is pretty obvious. In comparison, Bing Image Search is clearly more up ...

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These days there are a large number of free images available on the web, and Microsoft is recognizing this by killing off its Clip Art portal in recent versions Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

Microsoft announced that it is eliminating clip art libraries from its suite of Office productivity software, and replacing it with Bing Image search. But the iconic illustrations may live on.

Microsoft Office announced Tuesday that it's moving on from Clip Art, the image service that proved oh-so-popular in many a school paper and work… ...