In 1995, it became the exclusive publisher of more than 500,000 copyright-free images—to create what would be, at the time, one of the largest clip-art libraries in the world. openclipart.org ...

These days there are a large number of free images available on the web, and Microsoft is recognizing this by killing off its Clip Art portal in recent versions Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

and choose from the “free to share” or “public domain” options. On Monday, a post on Microsoft’s Office blog claimed that the Clip Art option would be nixed from the desktop version of ...