Microsoft Word Question: How do I draw a circle AROUND a picture w/o the circle

[John S.]

center blocking out the pic? I've used the Drawing Toolbar to create a circle but I can't figure how to cut out the center white part of the circle so that when I layer it on top of a square picture, it does not block out the picture underneath it.

If I could figure how to CUT pictures in Microsoft Word in oval or circular patterns, I could solve this problem. If you know how to cut out a picture in Microsoft Word in a circle, please tell me how to here as that would solve the problem. However, to my knowledge, one can only cut and crop pictures in Microsoft Word in straight edge patterns, limiting pictures to only rectangles and squares but not circles.

Is there a way to draw a circle like a ring around a picture or element of a picture without having to draw a freehand line?