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
    2016-05-25T12:21:51+00:00

    Somewhere along the way in my search for a solution to this I found:

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    I had the same problem as did thousands of other persons.  Someone posted a solution that worked.  I have copied and pasted it below (it really works):

    Nigel Deekes replied on

    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"

    excellent, easy to follow and it work ! Thanks

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-05-25T10:02:53+00:00

    Personally I have now got used to Google's free Picasa tool.

    It's better than Picture Manager ever was but does take a bit of getting used to - e.g. to resize a picture you have to choose the export button which isn't obvious. However there are lots of tools, some of which are a waste of time for me but others will probably find useful.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-05-25T08:28:06+00:00

    Dana, It is shameful of Microsoft to create an Insider program to obtain the opinions of its "valued" users and then disregard them. This is a fine example of a corporate monster benefitting from its customers then giving them the "two fingers" without any explanation. Customers must realise now that Windows 10 has been developed and provided for free with a view to recouping their investment later! This means that existing customers must exercise caution when using it and in particular maintain strict control over your files. Cloud storage Microsoft style is literally "pie in the sky" until the day comes when they start charging for the service. Don't for forget, Microsoft have a massively bloated salary bill to pay and customers have to pay at some point. Additionally Microsoft look enviably at the Apple business model and yearn to compete with them (no chance) so corporate egos will be keen to pounce on us customers at the earliest opportunity. This is a cynical view but my only explanation for Microsofts poor customer service regarding office picture manager.

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