Managing Your Photos

By default, Windows XP stores all your picture files in the My Pictures folder, shown in Figure 37.1. This folder includes a number of features specific to the management of picture files, found in the Picture Tasks panel. These features include

• View as a slide show

• Order prints online

• Print this picture

• Set as desktop background

• Copy to CD

Figure 37.1. Use the My Pictures folder to store and organize your digital pictures.

You can also change the way files are displayed in this folder. To display a thumbnail of each file, select View, Thumbnails. To view the selected file as a large image with all the other files in a scrolling list, select View, Filmstrip. To view details about each picture (its size, when it was taken, and so on), select View, Dimensions.