Select 1:1 and the image is cropped to a perfect square (1:1 aspect ratio) – without the image being distorted.If the goal is to use a perfect square image, it is only 3 clicks away: Here is our sample slide and original image, a tall rectangle: So, here is a demo of two great tools hidden in PowerPoint’s Image Crop tool. The Image Crop tool has some great advanced options that are not well known, or used nearly enough.
When PowerPoint added image crop capabilities, the need to rely on Photoshop (or other external image editing programs) was amazingly reduced.