About Clipping
Clipping is used by applications in a variety of ways. Word processing and spreadsheet applications clip keyboard input to keep it from appearing in the margins of a page or spreadsheet. Computer-aided design (CAD) and drawing applications clip graphics output to keep it from overwriting the edges of a drawing or picture.
A clipping region is a region with edges that are either straight lines or curves. A clip path is a region with edges that are straight lines, Bézier curves, or combinations of both. For more information about regions, see Regions. For more information about paths, see Paths.
This overview covers the following topics: