June 2009 - Photos

PHOTOS
We will be looking at managing photos through Microsoft Picture Manager. Many of the notes in this are from the Help menu in Microsoft Picture Manager.

Start Picture Manager from the Start menu
Use the following instructions to start Picture Manager.From the Start menu, select All Programs.Click to open the Microsoft Office folder.Click to open the Microsoft Office Tools folder.Click Microsoft Office Picture Manager.

Start Picture Manager from an image

Use the following instructions to start Picture Manager from an image on your computer.On your computer, locate the picture you want to work with.Right-click the picture.From the menu, select Open With, then click Microsoft Office Picture Manager.

Create shortcuts to your pictures
You can create a shortcut to the folder that contains your pictures, or to each picture.

Create a shortcut to a folder
Locate the folder that contains your pictures.Right-click the folder and select Create Shortcut.Drag the shortcut to your desktop.

Create a shortcut to a picture
On your computer, locate a picture.Right-click the picture and select Create Shortcut.Drag the shortcut to your desktop.Right-click the shortcut, select Open With and then click Microsoft Office Picture Manager.

Edit pictures
You can use Microsoft Office Picture Manager to make corrections to your pictures such as fixing brightness, color, or removing red eyes. To save time, select all the pictures you want to correct at one time, then use Auto Correct or one of the individual picture editing tools.
To get started with editing your pictures, click Edit Pictures. The Edit Pictures task pane appears with the following options.

Auto Correct
Correct colour and brightness. Click Auto Correct, then place the cursor in the area that needs correction.

Brightness and Contrast
Adjust the difference between light and dark tones. You can use this feature to correct pictures that appear too light or too dark.

Colour Adjust the hue and saturation . You can use this feature to correct pictures with colours that are tinted or dull.

Crop Crop out unwanted parts of a picture. You can use this feature to correct pictures that contain distracting elements.

Rotate and Flip Rotate pictures or flip them on the axis of the picture. You can use this feature to correct pictures that you have taken sideways for a portrait orientation.

Red Eye Removal Remove the red from your picture subjects' eyes caused by the camera flash. You can use this feature to correct red eyes wherever they appear.

Re size Change the dimensions of a picture. You can use this feature to enlarge a picture for printing or reduce it to send in e-mail messages or share on the Internet.

Compress Pictures Reduce image file size for various formats. Note: Click Edit, then Undo to undo any changes made with editing tools. Note: You cannot use Picture Manager to make images transparent, add text to pictures, or scan images.

Display a favourite picture as your computer's desktop background
When you decide you want to display a picture, just send that new picture to your desktop and it will replace the existing one.
1. On the Start menu, point to All Programs, and then point to Microsoft Office.
2. Point to Microsoft Office Tools, and then click Microsoft Office Picture Manager.
3. In the Picture Shortcuts pane, click the shortcut to the folder where the picture is located.

If the Picture Shortcuts pane doesn’t already have a shortcut to that picture, add the shortcut.Add a picture shortcut

1. In the Picture Shortcuts pane, click Add Picture Shortcut.
2. Browse to the folder that contains the pictures you want to work with. (The pictures will appear in the preview pane after you close the dialog box.)
3. Click Add.
4. In the preview pane, right-click the picture you want to work with, and then click Set as Desktop Background.
5. Switch to your desktop to see the picture.

Copy a picture
On the Standard toolbar, click Copy .Click the folder where you want to paste the copy, and then click Paste . Alternatively, you can copy the picture by dragging it to another folder. If you want to move the picture rather than copy it, hold down SHIFT while you drag the picture to the new folder. You can copy a picture to another Microsoft Office program. Select the picture you want to copy, click Copy , switch to the other program, and then click Paste .