Microsoft har nyligen publicerat ett inlägg där de skriver att de inte längre kommer att erbjuda Clipart i sina office-produkter. Istället ska du nu gå online till Bing.com för att ladda hem önskad bild.
Bing.com är alltså Microsofts sökmotor som under flera år förgäves försökt att konkurrera med Google. Genom att begrava Clipart till sina Office-produkter lyckas Microsoft med två saker:
1. Microsoft slipper uppdatera Clipart i sina Office-produkter
2. Microsoft borde få fler besökare till sin sökmotor
“Starting today, customers searching for Online Pictures in Office desktop products worldwide will view and download royalty-free images curated through Bing Images. The Office.com Clip Art and image library has closed shop. Usage of Office’s image library has been declining year-to-year as customers rely more on search engines.
Bing Image Search has higher quality images that are more up-to-date. For example, searching for “cellphone” gives more variety and modern looking phones instead of the old-school bricks from Clip Art. Also, Bing uses a copyright filter based on the Creative Commons licensing system. These are images you can use, share, or modify for either personal or commercial use (settings can be switched to Show all web results to view more images).
Give it a try. In programs like Word 2013, Outlook 2013 or PowerPoint 2013, Click Insert>Online Pictures to use the Bing Image Search. In Office 2010 and Office 2007 programs, go to Insert>Clip Art and search for pictures in the menu.”
Världens ändras allt för snabbt ibland. Vi kommer att sakna vår vän Clipart!