The Microsoft Office license agreement and the services agreement include details around legitimate usage: Office Clip Art & Images - Permitted UsageĪn oft-asked question is can you use these photos and clip art files outside Microsoft Office for a commercial or non-commercial project?įor instance, would it be legal to use the Office images on a public web page - say for the purpose of illustrating a blog post? Can you modify or annotate an image found on ? Or can you use them in a printed technical manual or as the cover image of an ebook? These images can be accessed directly from any of the Microsoft Office programs or you may download them online from the Microsoft Office website at. One of the nice benefits of having Microsoft Office is that you get access to tons of royalty-free stock photographs, illustrations, animations and clip art to enhance your Word documents and PowerPoint presentations.