Microsoft Office Picture Manager is part of the Microsoft Office Suite. It is a simple photo editing software that allows even beginner level users to edit their photographs with great ease. It is a handy photo correction tool for users who are on the go and would like to give their photos a quick edit.
Before we turn to editing photos, let’s remind our users of the importance of cleaning out duplicate photos so that the hard disk doesn’t gets clogged with useless junk. When you’re done with the photo editing job, be sure to get rid of all dupe photos with a single-click. Use Clone Files Checker for this purpose.
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It is installed through the Microsoft Suite pack and requires only basic level knowledge of MS Suite programs.
In this article, we are going to review Microsoft Office Picture Manager and see what it has to offer to the users.
Note: Microsoft Office Picture Manager is not a part of the MS Suite 2018. You can download it from Download.com. MS 2010 is the last version which included Picture Manager as a constituent program.
Interface and Design
Microsoft Office Picture Manager is a simple program that comes with a basic interface where all photos are shown on the screen. The design has remained almost the same for the last 10 years. And you would not be surprised by the layout. One reason they have kept it this way is because most of the Microsoft Suite users have been using Windows all their life. So making a drastic layout change at this time will look odd.
Users can check the details of each photo by double-clicking it. They can then edit it, resize it, or even delete it. The Picture Manager works similar to viewing a folder. Simply click on a photo and change it.
Editing and Resizing
You can also adjust brightness, resize the picture, or even crop photographs if you need to. Once done, you will be prompted to save the new version of the photograph. The program has made it fairly easy to edit or resize photographs.
Features
MS Office Picture Manager is aimed at solving basic photo editing problems of the users. We have other professional programs like Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, PaintShop Pro etc but Picture Manager beats them all easily when it comes to making changes to bulk photos at once.
Here is a list of picture editing and resizing features which MS Office Picture Manager offers.
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- Edit and resize multiple photos at once
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- Crop bulk photos by selecting them
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- Compress pictures for sending in an email
- Rotate and flip bulk photos at once
Usability
Microsoft Office Picture Manager is made for users who are non-techies. In short, it is for everyone. Users who have no idea how to use it or any other photo editing software for that purpose can also learn to use it without much trouble.
Users simply need to locate the folder where the subject photos are located, select the photos and the rest is all simple as it can be.
What’s Missing?
A few functionalities that ideally should have been a part of Office Picture Manager are:
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- The ability to add tags or keywords in photos
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- The ability to find duplicate images
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- The ability to crop using the polygon tool or in irregular shapes
- The ability to work on layers and reverse any changes brought about in the picture
Should You get it?
It totally depends on you. It is very easy to learn, and performs in great detail most of the tasks (barring the few ones we just listed above) which you might want to perform on an image. And surely performing these tasks on those big-ticket programs would have taken ages to accomplish. As it doesn’t take much space during bulk edits, it is definitely a recommended item.
You should note that it is an expensive prospect if you buy the whole Office Suite just to get the Picture Manager. However, if you have already the Office Suite installed on your laptop then you can install Picture Manager for free.