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
    2014-12-25T20:18:18+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!

    After finding Picture Manager GONE!!!, I was devastated. so after reading all of the other photo editing programs that are available, and there are many, and going bonkers trying to figure out all of the "those in the know" language I finally checked out what all was being said here.  A quote from Microsoft kylemit on about Nov. 12, said to check out Windows Live Gallery.  So I clicked on the start program, clicked on All Programs and didn't see Windows Live, but I did see Photo Gallery, I thought how nice just for my pictures, grin, well I clicked on Photo Gallery and low and behold it has every thing Picture Manager had, the format is a little different but it is all there.  One little sneaky hint if you are looking for "resize" right click on the picture and click "resize' before opening the picture.  Check out  http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-live/windows-essentials-help#v1h=tab2.  Click on Photo Gallery.

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-12-21T09:39:54+00:00

    good alternative option to install OPM from 2010 here - http://www.technicaloverload.com/install-office-picture-manager-office-2013/

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-12-20T02:54:07+00:00

    I actually stumbled onto this "sharepoint 2010" option a few days after my post to this thread. You are absolutely right. I have Picture Manager back and it is as it was. All the same, I wonder what Microsoft is thinking when they shelve a good product and offer an alternative that does not have the same level of functionality. It's ok to stop updating a tool, but to shelve it when there is nothing palatable to take its place makes no sense.

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