What replaces office picture manager in office 2013?

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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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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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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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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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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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Anonymous

2014-12-19T00:24:53+00:00

I feel like this may have been withdrawn as it overlapped with products that are not free.

As the posts mention, download Sharepoint 2010: 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

Click on Customise,, and deslect everything, and then under Microsoft Tools, Select Microsoft Picture Manager.

Voila, the useful tool is back again so you can easily:

Change file names quickly while viewing photos

Crop and change resolutions quickly

Correct contrast and brightness quickly

Change file version quickly.

Change file size easily.

Use autocorrect for dark or bright photos.

All of the above is very intuitive, all able to be done quickly. Microsoft Office Picutre Manager is a great, well designed tool!
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