1. Pictures from Camera into Computer
2. Getting Acquainted with Irfanview
3. Basic Terms: View Size vs Print Size, etc.
4. Virtually Free Photography - Naming Pics, Albums
5. When Digital Camera Photos Can't Be Found
6. Digital Photography for Not So Digital Seniors

1. How to Crop and/or Resize a Photo
2. Problem Enlarging Digital Pictures
3. Understanding CYMK & RGB Colors
4. How to Straighten (Rotate, Align) a Photo
5. Darkrooms Replaced by Computers
6. Be Your Own Photo Processing Studio

1. Adding Text to a Photo
2. Text & Picture In a Word Text Box

1. Printing Multiple Photos on a Single Page
2. Displaying Your Photos as a Slideshow
3. Merging Two Graphics Into One
4. When Multiple Photos Don't All Fit on a Print-Out
5. Print Yourself or Have Pics Processed Elsewhere?

1. Reducing a Digital Photo's File Size
2. Red X Instead of a Picture
3. Reducing the File Size of a Video
4. Print Yourself or Have Pics Processed Elsewhere?
5. Copying Images from a Web Site or an Email

1. Digital Picture Formats (JPG, BMP, GIF, TIF, etc)
2. Difference Between "Drawing" & "Painting" Programs
3. Digital Cameras & Megapixelss
4. Choosing File Associations for Picture Files
5. Understanding "Animated GIFs"
6. Comparison of JPG and GIF Image Files

Free - Picasa2 !
• A very handy free program for editing and organizing photos is Picasa2 from Google. Get it at picasa.google.com/download

Free - Irfanview !
• Another handy free program for editing and organizing photos is Irfanview. Get it at Irfanview.

Help with Email

Moving Outlook Express DBX Files to a New PC Moving Email Address Book Names from one PC to Another Using BCCs (Blind Carbon Copies) to Protect Privacy Pictures, Attachments, Senders Blocked in Outlook Express More PC Help & Other Free Programs Can Be Found Here. Some Favorite Links

Comparison of Internet Explorer 6 and Internet Explorer 7

Internet Explorer 7 has been out for a while now, but many users find it confusing and have asked how to return to Version 6. Well, Microsoft used to make returning to an earlier version of IE nearly impossible, but has now made returning to IE6 quite simple. Go to Start>Control Panel>Add/Remove Programs and click on Internet Explorer 7. After following the prompts to uninstall the program, Internet Explorer 6 will automatically be restored.

Before you do this, however, you might want to consider a very cool feature of IE7. In the lower right corner of the browser window you will see a mini magnifying glass bearing a plus sign, followed by "100%" and a tiny down-arrow. Clicking the magnifier symbol will increase the size of text and images on the page to 125 percent of normal. Another click will enlarge everything to 150 percent.

If you click the tiny down arrow, a chart will appear which lets you choose text and image enlargements up to 400 percent, as well as reductions to 50 percent. Yes, IE6 was always able to enlarge and reduce text sizes, but image sizes always stayed at 100 percent. Admittedly, enlarged digital images are less than razor-sharp, but can still be useful to folks with visual limitations.

Another helpful feature of IE7 is "tabbed browsing," which means multiple web pages will be opened in a separate window — each with its own tab. (This has long been a feature of Firefox, and I'm glad to see that Microsoft finally realized the importance of this function.)

Among various complaints about IE7, the "Home" icon and the "Tools" options seem to have vanished. Well, they are now shown on an additional toolbar row along with "Page" options, which include "Send Page by Email." The "Favorites" folder is now indicated by a Gold Star on the additional row, along with a Gold Star and Plus Sign, which means "Add to Favorites."

Also on the additional row you will find the "Help" question-mark symbol and the "Full-Screen" symbol. If you click "Full-Screen" you can return to normal view (or exit the page) by pointing to the screen's top edge, whereupon the "overlapping squares" and "X"symbols can be seen.

Regarding text sizes, Bob Fulton called to say he had trouble reading Outlook Express email because of a tiny font that could not be changed with any of OE's font options. Bob fixed this, however, by going to View>Font Size in Internet Explorer 6 and changing the size.

A number of folks have called to say they've heard that their free AVG anti-virus service is being discontinued. Well, Grisoft.com will no longer offer Version 7.1, but has replaced it with Version 7.5, which is free for home use. I've used Grisoft AVG for years, and find the service to be excellent.

I also used the free ZoneAlarm Firewall for years, but have found the firewall in WinXP Security Pack 2 to be adequate. ZoneAlarm has a number of fairly complex options, which can be useful if you read all the instructions and learn how to use them. If you don't, the program can block certain activities that you might not want blocked. Most of us are better off relying on the firewall in SP2 or by using a "mechanical firewall," such as a network router.

Speaking of safety, I used Norton's "Anti-Virus" for years, but always avoided its "Internet Security" package because many of the features are either unnecessary or easily replaced by various free programs.