Adding Information to Digital Images

For as long as people have been taking photographs, they've also been writing on the backs of their prints so that they can keep track of information such as where and when the picture was taken, who the people in the picture are, and so on. You can't write on the back of an image file, but Windows enables you to add extra information to a digital image: You can include this information in the file's properties.

Like any file, an image file has a Properties dialog box that you can open by right-clicking its icon and selecting Properties from the shortcut menu. The General tab of the Properties dialog box contains the same kind of information that is in any file's Properties dialog box: the file's name , type, size , and so on. But the Details tab of an image file's Properties dialog box contains spaces you can use to record other important details about the picture (see Figure 19-8). Click next to a label, such as Camera Maker or Camera Model, and type in the information you want saved with the file.

Figure 19-8: Typing information into the Details tab of an image file's Properties dialog box is like writing on the back of a print.