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I just found out yesterday that you can import a picture into word and then remove the background, ala the selection tool in PS. Now while I'm sure most technical people would use PS or gimp or Paint.Net the fact that for 99% of other people there's an easy way to quickly edit photos is pretty incredible.

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That feature is super handy, but it has been in word for a long time - I’m guessing about a decade.

So well after the 1990s, 2000 or 2003 alledged highwater marks of usability and feature completeness. Still an example of latterday improvement.

I distinctly remember using that feature on Windows 98

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