Tips

Emailing photos using Windows XP

Every year, digital cameras get better and take higher resolution photos. With the higher resolution, comes larger picture files. These higher resolution pictures can make printed pictures look nicer. But you don’t need large pictures if you want to simply email them to friends.

Not everyone has high speed internet. In fact, I tell people with dial up internet to configure their system to not download large emails. And those large photos are often not easily viewed even for those with high speed internet.

There are several options that you can use to share your photos. There are many photo sharing sites (Picasa Web, Shutterfly, snapfish, flickr, myphotoalbum, webshots, fotki just to name a few) that allow you to upload your files, then you can simply email the link to your pictures. That is the method I recommend most people use.

But if you don’t want to do that, you can use a feature built into Windows XP to share your photos, and make sure everyone you send them to, can enjoy them. Here are the steps to follow.

  1. Click Start | All Programs | Accessories | Windows Explorer

 

  1. Navigate to the folder or CD that has the photos your want to email

 

  1. On the menu, select View, Thumbnails

 

  1. Click on the picture you want to email. To send more than one picture, after you click on the first one, hold the Ctrl key down and click on the additional pictures you want to send.

 

  1. Then right-click on one of the selected picture(s), then click Send To | Mail Recipient

 

  1. A “Send Pictures via E-Mail” dialog box will appear. Make sure the “Make all pictures smaller” option is selected then click OK.

 

  1. This will open a new email message similar to this.

 

  1. Enter the email address of the person you want to send this to.

 

  1. You can leave the subject line as is, but I would recommend you change it to something more meaningful.

 

  1. You can leave the text of the message as is, but I would recommend you change it to something more meaningful.

 

  1. Click the Send button.

Now your friend will receive an email that is small, downloadable, and viewable on most computer screens.