Microsoft Photo Editor (Office '97 - Office 2003)

Question

In 1999? I purchased a Dell computer with Office '97 pre-installed. I wrote an Access database which,for each record, displayed a JPEG photo in a bound OLE control. Everything worked fine.

In 2006 I purchased another Dell (Dimonsion 9150) with Office 2003 Professional installed. I wrote another, similar, database - but can no longer display JPEG photos. I understand that this is because Microsoft Photo Editor (which contains the necessary OLE servers) is not included in Office 2003.

What can I do?

Has anyone else had the same problem? (I still have my old Office '97 discs)

abach · Answer

You may want to read the articles at the following website http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011472041033.aspx#DispImg

Ian Malcolm · Answer

Thanks, Allan, for the reference. It seems that there are three courses of action:
1. Convert my JPEG files to .BMP format - I've tried this, but, while the images display in the control, they are small and highly pixellated.
2. I didn't upgrade from Office XP or Office 2000, so I don't have the discs from which to reinstall Microsoft Photo Editor in the way recommended by Microsoft.
3. Using the Visual Basic option looks horrifyingly complicated - I just don't have the necessary skills or protective clothing to go down that path!

I've discovered that Microsoft Photo Editor is on my old Office '97 discs (installed on an old computer, but not on my new one). Do you think there's a way of installing (not re-installing) it from these discs onto my new machine (which has Office 2003 installed)?

abach · Answer

MS Photo Editor can be installed. I'd recommend creating a folder for the program, e.g. C:\Program Files\Office97

Ian Malcolm · Answer

Thanks, Allan.

I assume that I can install just Photo Editor, and that the whole of Office '97 won't install itself?!

I'll give it a try (I tried the Visual Basic approach that I mentioned in my previous message - without success).

Thanks again.

Ian

Mary G · Answer

Office 2003 has a new Photo Editor, but it is not installed by default. You must use Add/remove programs and install it from the Office disk so it runs from the hard drive.  It's called MS Picture Manager and it works so much better than photo editor. It will do everything Photo Editor did plus much more.

Delierious · Answer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/817095/ says how to install PhotoEditor on 2003. This seemed longwinded, so I just extracted the files that begin "Photo..." from the Office XP CD to C:\Windows\Program Files\PhotoEd, and it works.

I used Bitzipper to open and extract, but doubtless any zip/unzip program will do the job.

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