T he first library of professionally drawn clip art was provided by VCN ExecuVision and introduced in the IBM PC in 1983. It offered images to be used in presentations and newsletters. openclipart.org ...

During the mid-1990s, T/Maker specialised in clip art and developed a library of more than 50,000 copyright-free images. Microsoft didn’t add clip art files to its software until 1996.

Microsoft today announced Clip Art is getting a new source for its images: Bing. The Office.com image library that powered the service in Microsoft Office has been killed off. Skip to main content.

Microsoft announced in a blog post that it is shuttering its Clip Art library in favor of Bing Images, where users can now download royalty free images to use in their projects.

Microsoft's Office team has announced that it is axing the Office.com Clip Art online image library. Users will begin to be directed to a new image source; Bing Image Search.

Microsoft is killing off Clip Art in favor of Bing Images. Farewell, ‘90s illustrations. ... "The Office.com Clip Art and image library has closed shop," explains Microsoft’s Doug Thomas.

Microsoft quietly bid farewell to its “Clip Art” image library Tuesday, acknowledging that Word or PowerPoint users can find generic images of bunnies, money bags or cherry bombs through ...