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
    2014-01-15T11:59:34+00:00

    Let MS know how you feel by going into a photo / edit area in PowerPoint or Word - selecting the smiley in the top toolbar and sending them a big frown regarding the lack of Picture Manager.  That form of feedback works for all of the areas of Office that you find feature gaps, or things you like.

    Can some kind person tell me where to find the smiley?  Maybe a visit to specsavers is needed

    as I cannot find it on Word or PPoint!  TIA

    Cheers

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-01-15T10:27:16+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!

    Microsoft has made several bad decisions with Office 2013.  The lack of Picture Manager is one of them.  Windows Live Photo Gallery has feature gaps, as does Word and PowerPoint - compared to Picture Manager.  Removing functionality from a product suite will only promote users to stay on the current platform and will help competitors like Google who are looking to jump on Microsoft's mistakes.

    Let MS know how you feel by going into a photo / edit area in PowerPoint or Word - selecting the smiley in the top toolbar and sending them a big frown regarding the lack of Picture Manager.  That form of feedback works for all of the areas of Office that you find feature gaps, or things you like.

    I can't agree more.  I keep finding these little and very frustrating gaps in Windows 8, this is just another example of disregard for loyal customers, add the inability to move outlook contacts, calendar, notes and emails to the new system, etc., the list goes on and seems intentional.

    Cheers

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-01-13T08:44:27+00:00

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    Great find, thanks for sharing!

     From me too a  big "Thank You"

    Edith

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