What replaces office picture manager in office 2013?

Anonymous
2012-07-17T15:09:08+00:00

The Office Picture Manager has been a very quick and easy tool to use, built into Office and readily available no matter what machine I have to use.  I would rather not have to install 3rd party software to do what MS has made easy to do in the past.

Any word on what this app is called now and where it's hidden in the Office 2013 install?

Thanks!

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Anonymous
2014-11-13T02:58:20+00:00

The best workaround I've found is to use the free SharePoint Designer 2010 to bootstrap the MS Office Picture Manager.

You can get the SharePoint Installer from this post:

http://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/Office_Productivity/Office_Suites/MS_Office/A_12697-How-to-Install-Microsoft-Office-Picture-Manager-in-Office-2013.html

Then, for more detailed instructions, you can follow the Guide Here:

http://www.askvg.com/how-to-install-and-get-microsoft-office-picture-manager-back-in-office-2013/

The short version is to run the installer.  

Then choose "Customize" instead of "Install Now".  

Then deselect everything that's not "Office Tools" > "Microsoft Office Picture Manager"

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2012-07-24T18:18:50+00:00

The Office Picture Manager has been a very quick and easy tool to use, built into Office and readily available no matter what machine I have to use.  I would rather not have to install 3rd party software to do what MS has made easy to do in the past.

Any word on what this app is called now and where it's hidden in the Office 2013 install?

Thanks!

Hey John,

You are correct that Office Picture Manager was removed from the suite. Inside programs such as PowerPoint and Word there are still editing tools. You also have Windows Live Photo Gallery which I feel is a much more program specific picture editing tool. Hopefully the small change does not effect your trial of the Next Microsoft Office.

Thanks for Posting!

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-02-27T14:02:28+00:00

    I agree that getting rid of PM was a bad idea.  As an example, I use Exchange and access my office account while out of the office.  Now when I get photos attached to emails, there is no way to open them easily.  PM was a great way to just look at an attached photo without launching some third-party software or other 'extensive' program.  Just look at a jpeg and move on.  That is where PM was best.  If I wanted to edit a pic, I would use some other product.

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-02-17T18:41:07+00:00

    The installer for SharePoint Designer 2007 includes MODI and Picture Manager and OneNote. You can still download it and just install the pieces you want.

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/982760 - Install MODI 2007 from SharePointDesigner 2007 for use with Microsoft Office 2010/2013

    http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=21581

    Download SharePoint Designer 2007

    EDIT:

    You don't actually have to install SharePoint.

    Download the installer file.

    Start the installation process and select the "Custom" install option. You will then have the option of selecting which products will be installed, for example MOD only, or Picture Manager only

    Here are instructions on how to install only selected items from Office setup:

    Install or remove individual Office programs and components

    http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/access-help/install-or-remove-individual-office-programs-and-components-HA010354261.aspx

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-02-17T18:18:39+00:00

    Hello

    I apologize if my post is not exactly to the point but, after I installed Win 8 I then installed the MS Office 2010 that I had previously purchased.

    I now have have MS Picture Manager and also Windows Photo Gallery.

    If you install Windows Essentials, you are allowed to install all or one of the features. I chose the Live Mail for an email client, i.e., ' File'  'send link as email, ' and the photo gallery.

    I much prefer the Photo Gallery over the MS Picture Manger and have made it my default editing program.

     I realize this is only an opinion but if you try the Photo Gallery you may be pleasantly surprised by its versatility.

    My wife is an artist/photographer and we need a substantial program to assist with pen and ink renderings , resizing, editing etc. and the photo gallery has all the features we need.

    I wish you luck.

    Peter

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