Here, in memoriam, are a few final clippings, courtesy of the now defunct “Clip Art” Library: Read next: Microsoft Office Is Now Free for iPhones, iPads and Android Contact us at letters@time ...

The first library of professionally drawn clip ... meant that consumers could use and edit bit-mapped clip art for the first time. openclipart.org One of the first successful clip-art producers ...

When was the last time you used Clip Art? If you can’t remember, you’re not alone: Microsoft’s Office team today announced it is doing away with Clip Art’s online image library and ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Microsoft has announced it has done away with the expansive Clip Art library long associated with its Office suite of software ...

Theage.com says over the years, Clip Art grew into an expansive library, from "only 82 illustrations built into Word 6.0 in 1996 ... to more than 100,000 static and moving images housed online." ...

As a reminder, in Office 2013, Clip Art can be accessed by clicking Insert and then Online Pictures. In Office 2010 and Office 2007, go to Insert and then Clip Art to search for pictures in the menu.

"The Office.com Clip Art and image library has closed shop," explains Microsoft’s Doug Thomas. "Usage of Office’s image library has been declining year-to-year as customers rely more on search ...

Even though Microsoft's Clip Art has been a staple of using Office ... The Bing Image Search library is brimming with 'modern' smartphones In addition, Microsoft has added a drop-down menu option ...