Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Windows XP in 24 Hours

By Greg Perry

• Table of Contents
  • Copyright
  • About the Author
  • Acknowledgments
  • Tell Us What You Think!
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Wake Up with Windows XP
  • Hour 1. Taking a Bird's-Eye Look at Windows XP
  • Hour 2. Getting Started with Windows XP
  • Hour 3. Managing the Windows XP Interface
  • Part II: Morning Windows Desktop Exploration
  • Hour 4. Working with the My Computer Window
  • Hour 5. Navigating Files with Windows Explorer
  • Hour 6. Calling for Help
  • Hour 7. Improving Your Windows Desktop Experience
  • Part III: Early Afternoon Windows Exploration
  • Hour 8. Installing Programs with Windows XP
  • Hour 9. Finding Files, Folders, and Friends
  • Hour 10. Using the Desktop Accessories
  • Part IV: Late Afternoon Internet Integration
  • Hour 11. Surfing the Web with Internet Explorer
  • Hour 12. Tying Windows into the Web
  • Hour 13. Networking with Windows XP
  • Hour 14. Managing E-mail and Newsgroups with Outlook Express
  • Part V: An Evening with Advanced Windows
  • Hour 15. Exploring Your Hardware Interface
  • Hour 16. Understanding Printing and Fonts
  • Hour 17. Using Windows on the Road
  • Hour 18. Giving Windows XP a Tune-Up
  • Hour 19. Managing Your Hard Drives
  • Hour 20. Tinkering with the Advanced System Tools
  • Part VI: Having Fun at Nighttime
  • Hour 21. Using Media Player
  • Hour 22. Picturing Windows XP Graphics
    • Reasons for Using Digital Images
    • The Scanners and Cameras Window
    • Working Inside My Pictures
    • You Can Store Digital Images on CDs
    • Internet Explorer's Image Toolbar
    • Summary
    • Q&A
    • Workshop
  • Hour 23. Making Movies with Windows XP
  • Hour 24. Advanced Windows XP Tips
  • Part VII: Appendixes
  • Appendix A. Differences Between the Windows Home and Professional Edition
  • Appendix B. Glossary
  • Appendix C. Answers to Quizzes

The Scanners and Cameras Window

The Control Panel has an option named Scanners and Cameras. You'll find the option inside the Printers and Other Hardware category if you have not switched to the Classic view of the Control Panel. If you've installed a scanner or a digital camera or both, an icon will appear that represents your scanner or digital camera hardware as Figure 22.1 shows.

The following To Do item explains how to capture images from your installed digital camera or scanner directly from the Scanners and Cameras window.

Figure 22.1 Control your digital picture devices from the Scanners and Cameras window.

To Do: Capturing Digital Pictures

1. Open the Control Panel's Scanners and Cameras window.
2. Click on the device, scanner, or camera from which you want to capture an image. A wizard begins that walks you through the capturing of an image.
3. Click Next to continue following the wizard's instructions. Figure 22.2 shows a scanning preferences screen from which you control how you want to capture an image. You can request a color scan, a grayscale scan (colors appear as shades of gray), a black-and-white scan, or a customized scan where you specify individual color and capture settings.

Figure 22.2 Capture from your scanner or digital camera directly from Windows XP.

4. Click Next to specify the filename, disk location, and file format such as JPEG or BMP.
5. If you want to put the picture on the Internet, either sent through e-mail or placed on a Web page, click the Yes option next to the question Also Copy These Pictures to the Internet? The wizard will format the picture best for Internet viewing and, on the next screen if you select this option, the wizard asks how to publish to the Internet and connects through the proper Internet service.
6. Click Next and the wizard begins capturing the picture. The wizard saves the picture, unless you changed the location earlier in the wizard, to the My Documents\ My Pictures\ Picture folder location and displays the folder, with your image enlarged, as shown in Figure 22.3. In the figure, only one item currently exists in the My Documents\ My Pictures\ Picture folder.

Figure 22.3 You can now tell Windows XP what you want done with the digital image.

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