With every version of Microsoft Office released, there is a hoard of improvements a user definitely benefits from. However, sometimes in the beginning, we tend not to appreciate the new features and find ourselves sticking to the older versions. Even a change in the interface is scary for some of us.
Being one person who enjoys trying out new things, I welcome every version with open arms. But one thing that I kept missing 2 things in the latest version of Office – the old style of WordArt and Microsoft Office Picture Manager. If you are one person that also misses these features, read on for a work around.
Microsoft Office Picture Manager
If you are one person who deals a lot with pictures in your day to day work, this is one tool that you find handy. Apart from cropping the unwanted parts of a picture, it also simplifies the work of compressing the pictures to smaller sizes and playing around with the brightness and contrast.
How do I get it to work on Office 2016?
After installing Office 2016, I will also install Office 2007 but with a few changes. I will opt for a custom install and disable all options from Microsoft Access up to Microsoft shared Features.
Click the + sign at Office Tools and disable all options apart from Picture manager and then complete the installation. That’s it – I will have Office 2016 and my legendary Picture Manager on my PC.
Old style WordArt
This will not require an extra installation but rather a work around. In Word 2016, simply save your document in the old format (Word 97-2003 document). The old WordArt menu will automatically be activated. You can then insert your desired WordArt styles.
If there is any other feature you miss in the new Office, kindly share in the comments section at the bottom of this page and I will gladly get back.
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Stephen Dumba
E-zone School of Computing
0752 111 223 / 0772 111 223
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Thanxxx Mr. Dumba for your great work and for really I like the way you do it
Thanks for the complement Mr. Atwine. Comments like yours boost our morale and encourage us to share more.
I certainly hope you are able to help me. In MS Word 10 I am trying to type curved text around a web picture inserted into my document, of the Earth globe. I truly dislike WordArt/Transform … so long winded and what I require is simply beyond it’s (lack of) capabilities. You can probably “hear” the frustration in my text. Sorry. It can’t have been that long ago…I think prior to April 2022 that I was able to beautifully surround a globe of the world with text, however I went to do this last week and when I click on lower left corner of text box, it does NOT change into a circle with arrow to enable the text to curve into a circle. Is there any way you can please help me to be able to do this – used to be – very simple and enjoyable creative task. Please be aware I am NOT a techie guru and do not know how to upload old MS versions. Do hope all this is not too simple for you to bother with, however I would appreciate any guidance you can give. Thank you.