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Plug one end of your camera lead into the camera and the USB end into the USB port in your computer

Switch your camera on and the Autoplay dialogue box will appear Click on Import pictures

Importing Photos

The next dialogue box will locate the pictures In the next dialogue box you can name the folder for your photos

If you click on the Options button you can change where your photos will be saved to and if you would like them to be deleted once they are downloaded

Click OK and then Import once they are downloaded the Windows Photo Gallery folder will open

Click on the More Options button change how you view your pictures.

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Where are your photos?Click on the More Options button change how you view your pictures.

Burn a folder of photos

Click on a folder, click on Burn

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Extras with PhotosBurn a folder of photos

Click on a folder, click on Burn

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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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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 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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Quick Photo presentation

To go back to the Home menu click on

Send a whole group of photos to PowerPoint or Word. Click on one photo or hold down the Ctrl key and click on multiple photos,

click on Send Pictures to Microsoft office Select PowerPoint and Send and they will all appear in a PowerPoint

presentation.

More on Photos

Send photos to another location on your hardrive,

Select photos, click on Browse and select folder you would like to send them to, change name and file type if you wish and finally decided what size you want to export them. Click OK.

View Pictures

in different ways by clicking on the three choices available to you

Thumbnail view

Filmstrip view

Single picture.

Thumbnail Filmstrip

Single Picture

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