# Set Photo Editor as default?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/set-photo-editor-as-default/218432>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 11, 2003, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/set-photo-editor-as-default/218432 "2003-12-11T20:49:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/set-photo-editor-as-default/218432/1 "2003-12-11T20:49:06Z")

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Howdy.

Today I was trying to take an scanned image that was inserted into Power Point and rotate it. Nothing worked. Called my coworker after I had cut and pasted the image into Word. She was able to right-click on the image, click “Edit Picture” and have Word automatically open to Photo Editor and rotate it.

When I try to do the same thing, I get a window that opens in Word, and not Photo Editor, and so couldn’t rotate the image. :mad:

Question: How do I set Photo Editor as the default editor? I have it on my system.

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Grave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/71c47a/32.png) [@Grave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grave)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/set-photo-editor-as-default/218432/2 "2003-12-11T22:50:12Z")

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What operating system?

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**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/set-photo-editor-as-default/218432/3 "2003-12-11T23:16:16Z")

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**niblet\_head** , in Word, go to TOOLS and select the OPTIONS menu. When that menu box opens up, select the EDIT tab and you should find a drop-down list for choosing the program to edit pictures. Select Photo Editor.

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**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2003, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/set-photo-editor-as-default/218432/4 "2003-12-12T16:18:26Z")

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**Brachy… wha?** : 😉

Thank you! I knew it had to be something simple!

Thanks again!