Microsoft Getting Rid of Clip-Art All Together . .

[Tech_Dreamer]

Nostalgia Much?..

 

Microsoft has just announced that it’s killing off the last trace of clip art in its Office products, instead pointing users in need of imagery toward "Bing" Image Search(Yeah! Like that'll work ).

Starting today, customers searching for Online Pictures in Office desktop products worldwide will view and download royalty-free images curated through Bing Images not from Microsoft database,

 

This will definitely be a tearjerker if you're familiar with this from your childhood, this was the best 'box' to find images to play around when learning the basics of creating a word document or a presentation slide,

 

from the late 90's this was extensively used in presentations that were based on then popular Microsoft office presentations like power-point & word documents,

 

 

Current suggestions include referral to bing image search engine (for the most accurate results :mellow: )

 

 

The move seems to be a rather effective one imo since none uses the damn thing ever unless you're in an island cut off from the internet

 

Now users are directed towards an alternative page where they are linked to tutorials on how to search fr images online, with the primary search engine being set as the ever powerful 'Bing' from microsoft..

 

 

Bing Everyone..

 

 

From now on the below quote will be seen in the supporting site:

 

Where is the Clip Art site?

The Office Clip Art site is no longer available. Instead, use pictures from Bing Images, which contains a more extensive collection of pictures to choose from.

• To insert pictures from Bing to your Office application, see:
• From desktop Office 2013, see Insert a picture from Bing Images to Office 2013
• From your Office Online app, see Insert pictures from Bing Images to Office Online.
• From Office 2003, 2007, or 2010, see Insert a picture From Bing Images to Office 2003, 2007, or 2010.

Link:

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Where-is-the-Clip-Art-site-0a01ae25-973c-4c2c-8eaf-8c8e1f9ab530?omkt=en-us&ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US

 

 

 

 

pretty sad but cool news , it's a very good move from Microsoft imo, Please do leave your thoughts, Comments , Rants & troll down below...

 

Bonus:

 

News link:

http://techcrunch.com/2014/12/01/microsoft-is-getting-rid-of-clip-art/

 

Microsoft Direct link:

http://blogs.office.com/2014/12/01/clip-art-now-powered-bing-images/

[Godlygamer23]

I haven't used it for so long that I actually forgot about it.

[mr.skyrim_pc]

Dang, I really used clipart.

 

No need for a bibliography with clipart.

 

Screw you bing!!!

[vern021]

I haven't used it for so long that I actually forgot about it.

I'm surprised that this is taken down until now. I don't see many people use these clip arts very often.(Actually I don't see someone use this at all in the past few years)

[AlexGoesHigh]

hey bing ain't wrong on that search those are cellphone, hell the 4th one is the original (actually is a future interaction of it IIRC the original one had 2 row of numbers instead of 3) cellphone motorola invented

[Flight1sim]

lol I forgot about it 

but i'll miss it nonetheless..

[Guest Kloaked]

They've been doing this for 365 for quite a while now, and I like it. Good that they're doing it for the other versions of office as well.

[Solkia]

The last time I saw ClipArt used was for that boxart meme.

[Fred Castellum]

About time lol. 

[Inkz]

Although not that useful I do not see why they should take it out when it has been in the system for so long.

[totjup5]

Ah, the memories.... I haven't used clip art in years

[RH00D]

People who still rag on Bing are the same type of people who parrot that Macs suck even though they only used one on display in a store for 20 minutes, 6 years ago.

[MattLantis]

What's igns opinion

Ign: clip art was fun to use, very nostalgic and reliable

2.33333333333333/17 on a good day

[Xorbot]

this guy...

[Techhog]

I Bing'd "history of arcades", and the first result was the image in the OP.

[Maslofski]

yeah, 8K support and John the pixel marathon winner arent compatible

[StingBull]

Bing Everyone..

Nah, man. Real Bing would be like:

"Did you meant porn? I think you meant porn. Here have lots of porn anyway."

[kuddlesworth9419]

We only used it in primary school because there was no internet connection.

[Toddwjp]

People who still rag on Bing are the same type of people who parrot that Macs suck even though they only used one on display in a store for 20 minutes, 6 years ago.

 

nope bing still sucks, 

[The Crazed Child]

Obligatory Sad Violin Music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIuotFZnBtk

I post it a lot, but who cares lel

[MeltingPoint]

I spent countless hours as a kid viewing all the cliparts there were. It was so much fun back then

[Thorium19]

I didn't think they still had clipart, I've not used it for 9-10 years, so I'm surprised it's taken his long to be phased out.