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
    2016-05-24T22:44:41+00:00

    my office laptop has just been given Windows 8 and Office 2013 so I'm just discovering the joys of what's missing.

    I've found some of the editing tools in 'Photos', but the single most useful feature of Picture Manager was the ability to rename files in bulk either in part or in full, while applying sequence numbers.  I can't find any way to do that in the 'new' (to me!) software.  Any ideas?

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-05-24T20:33:49+00:00

    It is sad to say but MS did / does know how important that program was/is ... they don't care about the end user ... the other changes made to the 2008 OS and 2010 ... was designed to data-mine ... gather your info ... sell it and give you the very minimum you need and force you to purchase other needed applications ... they simply can't compete w/ Apple ... which MS before Windows 8 was such a great product for people who actually worked for a living and also for people who "dabbled" ... their product was superior and now it is garbage and it makes me sick.  These are my opinions only ....  I can't wait to switch to ALL APPLE or ANY OTHER PRODUCT ..... the future is not MS....   although they know sooooo much about you already ... they don't care ... they just care about selling you to others as far as I'm concerned.  They truly should be ashamed of themselves!

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-05-24T19:35:42+00:00

    Wow, someone asked for help about how to get a program that works as well as Picture Manager and your response is to use Photo Gallery? I am flabbergasted at the ignorance of that response. Photo Gallery is a little more than a photo viewer and Picture Manager allows managing and editing large amounts of photos. Obviously, Microsoft did not realize how valuable this program is to many people that have large amounts of jpgs and need to edit them. If it ends up that I must spend money on a picture managing and editing program after I have already purchased Office, you can bet Microsoft will NOT be getting any of my money.

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