Graphic file types

Applies To
Picture Manager 2007 Picture Manager 2010 Office 2010 Office 2007

Microsoft Picture Manager allows you to manage your pictures, including viewing, editing, and copmressing the files.

Note

Picture Manager is not supported in Office 2013 and later versions.

The following table lists file types and what you can do with them.

File type What you can do
JPEG View, edit, and compress the files.
WMF/EMF View and compress the files. You can also save the file to a format that Picture Manager lets you edit.
TIFF View and edit the first page only and compress the files.
GIF View, edit, and compress the files. You cannot view the animation for an animated GIF. The image will be static. If you edit the file and save over the original file, you will lose the animation.
PNG View, edit, and compress the files.
BMP View, edit, and compress the files.

Note

With non-graphic file types and unsupported graphic file types you will have limited choices. You can view a list of these files, but you cannot view or edit their content in Picture Manager.