Kindle Publishing: Microsoft Office Picture Manager

Microsoft Office Picture Manager is a vastly underestimated piece of software.

While it isn’t a complete photo-editing tool, some claim that it is superior even to Photoshop for some tasks.

I don’t know about that, but I do know that it is a lot faster than Photoshop, and it will do everything we need to do minor edits and compress, re-size, and install our photos into our MS Word document.

Microsoft Office Picture Manager has been included with Microsoft Office Suite since the 2003 edition, so it’s likely you already have it on your computer and may not even know it.

To find out, right-click on a photo and select “Open With”, then look for Microsoft Office Picture Manager in the displayed list.

If you don’t have it, and aren’t ready to buy the entire Microsoft Office Suite,  you might try doing a Google search for “Microsoft Office Picture Manager”.

I did that, and saw a lot of “free downloads” offered.

I don’t know what the deal is, since it’s not a free  program… maybe it’s an early version that Microsoft is letting them sell that way… or maybe it’s a come-on to sell you the complete Microsoft Office Suite.

You’d do better, though, to buy Microsoft Office Suite 2003 at Amazon.

We will be using Microsoft Office Picture Manager in later lessons as I write about the Easy as Pie way to install photos into your MS Word document.

I'm suggesting  the old  Microsoft Office Suite 2003, because it's about $200 cheaper than Microsoft Office Suite 2007, and also because some of the reviews for 2007 make me reluctant to upgrade.  One reviewer said it was so friendly that she thought she'd received the kindergarten version.

Unless you are a total beginner, in which case, the friendly approach may be welcome,  I'd suggest you read this book  Microsoft Office Suite 2010  and decide if you want to wait for the 2010 edition.