When you're looking for the perfect clip art, here are some tips that will help you find it:
- Check your spelling.
- Type fewer search words. A search with 1 or 2 words will return the best results. Please note that only phrases and terms that are commonly treated as one word — such as birthday cakes, business metaphors, percent signs, New Year's Eve, and people at work — will get results. Simply adding adjectives to a word will not always work. For example, typing traffic signals in the Search box will get results, but typing red traffic signals will not.
- Try different search words. For example, type dog instead of canine. Type inline skates instead of rollerblades™; type jet-propelled watercraft instead of Jet ski™ (trademarked keywords are ignored).
- For the broadest scope for your search for media, select All media types in the Search drop-down list.
- To narrow down the scope of your search, click a category on the Clip Art and Media home page on Microsoft Office Online, and then type a search word in the Search box. For example, click the category Black & White, and then type bike in the Search box.
- Don't use wildcard characters (*.*).
- Don't use file extensions in your search. For example, the file name j0401484.jpg will not bring any search results, but j0401484 will.
- Search only for words in the language supported by the site that you’re browsing. For example, use only German keywords on the Germany site; use only English keywords on the US site.
Examples of good searches
cats (instead of felines)
cell phone (instead of phone)
laptop (instead of computer)
women (instead of people - more specific query)
roses (instead of flowers - more specific query)
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