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June 1, 2026

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Today's Cool Tip Theme: Edit Images in PowerPoint

IN THIS ISSUE

• ⚠️ Carnival Corporation Data Breach.
• 🌐 Top Cool Tips (May 2026).
• 🤖 AI Prompt of the Day.
• 🖼️ Edit PowerPoint Images Inside Your Deck.
• 👀 Interactive Slide Linking.
• 🤔 Inspect Hidden Document Data.
• 🙋‍♂️ Dual-Slide Editing Trick.

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Today's Tech Trivia

Which year was Microsoft PowerPoint first released?

A) 1979

B) 1987

C) 1995

D) 2001

Answer at the end of this newsletter.

⚠️Carnival Corporation Data Breach (Consumer Advisory) What happened ⚠️

Carnival Corporation recently disclosed a cybersecurity incident where a hacker used social engineering tactics to trick an employee and gain access to part of the company’s systems.

What information may be exposed

The compromised data varies by individual, but may include:

• Name, address, email, phone number.
• Date of birth.
• Government-issued ID numbers (such as driver’s license or passport).

What the company is doing

Carnival has:

• Blocked the unauthorized access and launched an investigation.
• Begun notifying affected individuals.
• Offered two years of free credit monitoring for eligible U.S. customers.

What you should do now

If you’ve cruised with Carnival or its brands:

• Watch for official notification emails or letters.
• Monitor bank accounts, credit reports, and statements for unusual activity.
• Be alert for phishing emails pretending to be from travel or cruise companies.
• Consider enrolling in the free credit monitoring if offered.

👉 Bottom line:

Even if no financial data was confirmed exposed, the type of personal information involved can be used for identity theft or targeted scams, so staying vigilant is key.

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• The Top All-Time Cool Tip is How to Register Your Drone

Try this Cool AI prompt. Copy and paste to ChatGPT, Gemini or Copilot.

Act as a presentation design coach.

I am creating a PowerPoint deck about [topic]. Review this slide image plan: [describe the images or screenshots I plan to use].

Tell me which images should be cropped, cleaned up, have backgrounds removed, enhanced, or replaced.

Give me a practical slide-by-slide checklist that improves clarity, readability, and visual impact.

Edit PowerPoint Images Without Leaving Your Deck

PowerPoint now includes a stronger built-in image editor that helps you clean up photos, screenshots, and slide visuals without switching apps. Use Edit Image to remove backgrounds, erase objects, upscale low-resolution pictures, enhance lighting, and update the image directly on your slide.

A good presentation can stumble over one bad visual. 

Maybe the product photo has a messy background. 

Maybe a screenshot includes private information. 

Maybe an image pulled from an older report looks blurry when stretched across a slide.

Here’s a Cool Tip: Fix Slide Images Inside PowerPoint.

PowerPoint has long offered basic picture tools, but Microsoft is now pushing image editing much closer to the slide-building workflow. 

Its newer Edit Image experience lets users adjust pictures directly inside PowerPoint, with tools such as Remove background, Erase, Move, Upscale, Auto enhance, Add text, Edit text, and Effects. 

Feature Explanation

The new PowerPoint image editing experience is designed to reduce the back-and-forth between PowerPoint and separate design tools. 

Instead of exporting a picture, opening it in a photo editor, making changes, saving it, and reinserting it, you can select the image on your slide and choose Edit Image.

From there, PowerPoint opens an editing interface with practical tools for common slide problems. Remove background helps isolate a person, product, object, or logo. 

What You’ll Gain

• Save time by fixing common image issues without opening another editor.
• Improve slide quality by cleaning up backgrounds, blurry pictures, and distracting objects.
• Keep your workflow moving by updating edited images directly on the slide.
• Make decks look more polished with less design effort.

Step-by-Step Instructions

Here's how to do it.

Microsoft Web/Desktop

1. Open a PowerPoint presentation on the web, powerpoint.cloud.microsoft .
2. Insert or select an image on a slide.
3. Right-click the image and select Edit Picture.
4. Choose an editing action such as Remove background, Erase, Move, Upscale, Auto enhance, Add text, Edit text, or Effects.
5. Preview the changes in real time.
6. Select Save to apply the edited image directly to the slide.

fig. 1 - Edit Images in Microsoft PowerPoint

Pros and Cons

Pros:

• Keeps users in PowerPoint instead of forcing a trip to another image editor.
• Helps business users clean up screenshots, product images, and pitch visuals quickly.
• Gives teachers and students an easier way to polish classroom slides.
• Makes low-resolution images more usable with Upscale.
• Reduces the need for basic third-party image editing tools.

Cons:

• Availability may vary because Microsoft describes the feature as rolling out.
• Some AI-powered edits may not produce perfect results on complex images.
• Enterprise users may be affected by admin controls or organizational policies.
• Sensitive images may require extra caution because AI-powered editing can involve cloud processing or organization-managed services.

Who Should Skip This

Skip this feature if you already use a professional image editor and need pixel-level control, layered files, advanced masking, or brand-critical export settings. 

It may also be less useful for users who rarely create PowerPoint decks or for organizations that restrict AI-powered image tools through IT policy.

Feature Access

• Who gets it: The feature is rolling out to PowerPoint for the web users.
• Account limits: Availability may vary by Microsoft 365 account, rollout stage, subscription, organization, and admin policy.

Score

Criterion Score (0–10) Justification

Value | 8

This solves a real workflow problem for anyone who builds presentations with photos, screenshots, or web images. It saves time by reducing tool switching.

Usability | 8

The feature is easy to find when available because it sits under Picture Format and the right-click menu. The main issue is rollout and version visibility.

Wow Factor | 7

Erase, Move, Upscale, and text editing inside PowerPoint are impressive for everyday users, but professionals will still need dedicated design tools.

Total: 23/30 | 👍 Good 

This is a strong productivity upgrade for PowerPoint users, especially those who make quick business, school, or marketing decks.

Compared with Canva or Adobe Express, PowerPoint’s advantage is convenience inside the deck, not advanced creative control.

Key Takeaways

PowerPoint’s Edit Image feature helps users clean up and improve visuals without interrupting their slide-building flow. 

It is especially useful for quick fixes, background removal, object cleanup, image enhancement, and presentation-ready polish.

Cool Tip Snapshot

• Feature Name: Edit Image in PowerPoint.
• Platform(s): PowerPoint for the web.
• Quick Benefit: Edit slide images without leaving PowerPoint.
• Best For: Business users, educators, students, creators, and small businesses.
• Access Type: Rolling Out.
• Difficulty: Easy.

Try It Yourself

Open a PowerPoint deck on the web, and select a photo, to clean up one slide today. 

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🆒Tell Me More

• PowerPoint’s new editing tools let you remove backgrounds, erase objects, move elements, and upscale images directly inside your slides.

• You can preview all edits in real time, then apply them with a single click.

• This feature helps reduce “context switching,” so you can stay focused instead of opening separate apps.

• It’s especially useful for cleaning screenshots, fixing low‑resolution images, and adding annotations.

• Availability may vary because the feature is currently rolling out across PowerPoint for the web and desktop versions.

⏩Quick Tips

• 🖼️ Quick background removal: Select your image, choose Edit Image, and use Remove Background to clean up clutter in seconds.

• 🧽 Erase distractions: Use the Erase tool to remove unwanted objects like photobombers or artifacts.

• 🔍 Fix blurry images: Try Upscale to improve clarity when images look pixelated on large screens.

• ✍️ Edit text in images: If text appears in a picture, use the built‑in tool to modify it directly.

• ⚡ Preview before applying: Always review changes in the preview window before clicking Update to finalize your edits.

✅ More Must-Read Tech Tips

👀 How Do I Link to Slides in PowerPoint for the Web?

Have you ever wished for a smoother way to navigate through your PowerPoint presentations without manually flipping through slides? 

Link to Slides in PowerPoint for the Web is a feature that brings the flexibility of interactive slide linking to browser-based presentations. 

Users can now create intuitive, clickable pathways within their decks, making presentations more engaging and user-friendly.

For PowerPoint on the Web

1. Open a new or existing presentation in PowerPoint for the web.
2. Highlight the text you want to turn into a link.
3. Click the Insert tab and select the Link icon.
4. Choose This Presentation from the dropdown menu.
5. Select the slide you want the link to navigate to.
6. Click Insert—your hyperlinked text will now appear underlined in green.

Discover more HERE. 

🤔 Have You Ever Wondered How to Inspect Hidden Data in Microsoft 365 Documents to Protect Your Privacy?

When sharing documents, presentations, or workbooks, have you ever wondered what hidden data might be lurking beneath the surface? 

Microsoft 365's Document Inspector is here to help you uncover and remove these hidden elements, ensuring your files are clean and secure before sharing.

What is the Document Inspector and Why Does It Matter?

The Document Inspector in Microsoft 365 can identify and remove various types of hidden data and personal information from your files.

Here's how to do it.

1. Open your document in Microsoft 365: Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Visio.
2. Navigate to File > Info > Check for Issues > Inspect Document.
3. Select the types of content you want to inspect.
4. Click Inspect and review the results.
5. Choose Remove All for any unwanted data.

By leveraging Microsoft 365's Document Inspector, you can ensure your files are free from hidden data and personal information.

Find out more HERE.

🙋‍♂️ Here's How to Unlock PowerPoint's Dual-Slide Editing with This Time-Saving Trick!

Do you need to be able to view or edit two different slides of the same PowerPoint at the same time?

Use the View, New Window feature in Microsoft PowerPoint.

Opening a new window view in Microsoft PowerPoint can be a great way to organize, compare and edit different slides of your presentation. 

Here's how to do it:

1. Open Microsoft PowerPoint.
2. Open the presentation you want to work with.
3. Click the View tab on the ribbon at the top of the screen.
4. In the Window group, click the New Window button. 
5. This will open a new window with the same PowerPoint presentation.
6. You can now move and resize the windows as needed. 
7. To switch between the windows, click the View tab again and select the window you want to work with from the Switch Window.
8. Now you can make changes in one window and compare it with the other window side by side.

Cool Tips:

• This works best when using more than one monitor.
• You can also use the Arrange All button in the Window group to automatically arrange all open windows on your screen.
• If you have multiple windows open, you can use the Switch Windows button to quickly switch between them.

By using this feature you can easily work with multiple slides of your presentation at the same time, which can save you time and make your work more efficient.

Learn more HERE. 

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😎 Cool Facts

• 1987: Microsoft acquired Forethought, Inc. (the original developer of PowerPoint) in July 1987 for $14 million cash. This historically marked Microsoft's first significant software corporate acquisition. Source.

• 39: The software was first conceptualized and developed starting in 1984, before officially releasing its first version in April 1987 under the name "Presenter". Source.

• 1 Billion: PowerPoint is part of the Microsoft Office ecosystem used by over 1 billion people worldwide, making it one of the most widely used productivity tools on the planet. Source.

⌨️Today's Cool Shortcuts

• Ctrl + Z: Undo your last edit.
• Ctrl + Y: Redo an action.
• Ctrl + D: Duplicate the selected image.

😜 Tech Joke of the Day 😅

My presentation photo looked blurry, so I upscaled it.

Now my bad idea is in high resolution.

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Slides glow clean and bright

Old background fades from the frame

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Trivia Answer: B) 1987

PowerPoint was first released in 1987 for the Macintosh before becoming part of Microsoft Office.

It started as a basic tool for creating overhead transparencies.

Today, it’s one of the most widely used presentation apps in the world, now expanding into areas like AI-powered image editing.

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