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© Jacqui Sharp 2011 Win 7 Plug one end into the camera and the USB end into the USB port in your computer Switch your camera on this may appear, select Microsoft Scanner and Camera Wizard or it might Click Next on the next dialogue box If you need to rotate any pictures, click on the Picture and then click on one of the rotate buttons If there are any photos you do not want to import then click in the box with the to de-select the tick or click Clear All and go Importing Photos Hint: If this window doesn’t come up, go to Start – Programs – Accessories – 1

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Importing PhotosPlug one end into the camera and the USB end into the USB port in your computer

Switch your camera on this may appear, select Microsoft Scanner and Camera Wizard or it might say Copy pictures to a folder on my computer

Click Next on the next dialogue box

If you need to rotate any pictures, click on the Picture and

then click on one of the rotate buttons If there are any photos you do not want to import then click in

the box with the to de-select the tick or click Clear All and go and click in the tick boxes to select the photos you want to download

Click Next

Hint: If this window doesn’t come up, go to Start – Programs – Accessories –

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Importing Photos

Type in a name for this group of photos

Click on the Browse button to find the folder to save the photos to

Click on a folder in the My Pictures folder or Make a new folder by clicking on the My Pictures folder first

and then click on Make New Folder Type in the name for the new folder and click OK Click Next Click Next and Finish Your new folder of photos will open

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Where are your photos?

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Go to – All Programs – Microsoft Office – Microsoft Office tools – Microsoft Office Picture Manager

Your screen should look something like this If you cannot see your photos click on the + next to Pictures ,

they will either appear or a message will appear asking to search your computer for photos, click Yes or Ok to search

Or you can ask to do a search by clicking on in the Task Pane

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This is your Click on a Folder and all of the pictures inside of it will appear

Rename a picture

Double clicking a picture will bring it into full screen

Clicking on the contrast of your photo

Click on the

Edit Photos using Microsoft Picture Manager

If you haven’t got all the toolbars or side menus then go to View and make sure allof these are selected

o Thumbnailso Task Paneo Shortcutso Show File Names o Show Pictures only

If your Task Pane at the left is not visible then click on the

Shortcuts button

WARNING: before resizing or compressing your photos Save another copy of that photo, Click on a photo, press Ctrl C on the keyboard and then press Ctrl V. (this will mean that you have 2 copies of the same photo.) Do this because when you have compressed or resized your photo you will be asked to save at some stage and all changes will be saved, which means the original quality of your photo will be lost.

Edit Photos

To change Brightness

Click on Brightness and Contrast

Select Auto brightness

manually. To go back to other options click on

the arrow

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Edit Photos

To change Colour click on Color

Select Enhance Color or move the controllers to adjust it manually. To go back

to other options click on the arrow

To crop the photos

Click on Crop . Click on the Black handles in the middle or corners and drag

to the centre of the photo. Click OK. If you have made a mistake click on the Undo arrow

in the Toolbar.

To go back to other options click on the arrow

To Rotate a picture

Click on Rotate.

Choose the option you want.

To go back to other options click on the arrow

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Edit Photos To fix redeye

Click on the Redeye removal button. Place your mouse over the eye and click, continue to click

on all the red eyes in the photo. Click OK when you have finished.

To go back to other options click on the arrow.

To resize the photo

Click on Resize.

Click in the Predefined width x height.

Select from those choices or click on Percentage of original width…, type in a percentage like 50, click OK.

To go back to other options click on

the arrow.

To compress the photo Click on Compress

Pictures.

Choose what you want to compress for (the email option is very tiny).

See the difference in size under heading Estimated total size, Click OK. To go back to other options

click on the arrow.

I recommend Documents

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More on Photos

Go back to the beginning options by clicking on

the Home button . Rename pictures in this option by clicking on

Rename pictures . Click on the picture to be renamed and type in the

name of the picture and press OK.

To go back to other options click on the arrow .

Email pictures

In this option click on Email pictures. Click on Attached to the message, or Displayed as

previews. Choose a preview size and click on Create

Message. Outlook will open and you can type in email address and message and press OK

Find out the size of your photo by clicking on it and looking down at the bottom left of the information bar

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