My Pictures

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My father has an HP SP2 computer. He is 76 now and can not figure alot of
things out now. He asked me last night how to save pictures in emails. I told
him to right click and save as whatever he wanted to call it. Well when he
goes to My Pictures, there it is but there is nothing underneath it
describing what it is. He has to put his cursor over it in order to find out
what it is. Mine is not like that at all. It has the file name underneath it.
What am I telling him to do wrong?
Many Thanks
Allan

 

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"Allan" <Allan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>My father has an HP SP2 computer. He is 76 now and can not figure alot of
>things out now. He asked me last night how to save pictures in emails. I told
>him to right click and save as whatever he wanted to call it. Well when he
>goes to My Pictures, there it is but there is nothing underneath it
>describing what it is. He has to put his cursor over it in order to find out
>what it is. Mine is not like that at all. It has the file name underneath it.
>What am I telling him to do wrong?

I'm not really sure what you're talking about. Underneath what?

My best guess is that his MyPictures folder is showing its contents in
details mode, while yours is showing what's there in one of the icon
modes.

Check the View menu on the window that he's using to view the folder.
Choose the Filmstrip, Thumbnails, or Icon option.

--
Tim Slattery
MS MVP(DTS)
Slattery_T@bls.gov

 

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MyI guess what I am trying to say is this. On My Pictures, it says below it
what the file name is. On his, it only shows the file and he has to move his
cursor over the item to see what it is. How can I get his to show the words
below his so he can know what is the fils name?
Allan

"Tim Slattery" wrote:

> "Allan" <Allan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >My father has an HP SP2 computer. He is 76 now and can not figure alot of
> >things out now. He asked me last night how to save pictures in emails. I told
> >him to right click and save as whatever he wanted to call it. Well when he
> >goes to My Pictures, there it is but there is nothing underneath it
> >describing what it is. He has to put his cursor over it in order to find out
> >what it is. Mine is not like that at all. It has the file name underneath it.
> >What am I telling him to do wrong?
>
> I'm not really sure what you're talking about. Underneath what?
>
> My best guess is that his MyPictures folder is showing its contents in
> details mode, while yours is showing what's there in one of the icon
> modes.
>
> Check the View menu on the window that he's using to view the folder.
> Choose the Filmstrip, Thumbnails, or Icon option.
>
> --
> Tim Slattery
> MS MVP(DTS)
> Slattery_T@bls.gov
>

 

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Allan wrote:
> MyI guess what I am trying to say is this. On My Pictures, it says below it
> what the file name is. On his, it only shows the file and he has to move his
> cursor over the item to see what it is. How can I get his to show the words
> below his so he can know what is the fils name?
> Allan
>
> "Tim Slattery" wrote:
>
>
>>"Allan" <Allan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>My father has an HP SP2 computer. He is 76 now and can not figure alot of
>>>things out now. He asked me last night how to save pictures in emails. I told
>>>him to right click and save as whatever he wanted to call it. Well when he
>>>goes to My Pictures, there it is but there is nothing underneath it
>>>describing what it is. He has to put his cursor over it in order to find out
>>>what it is. Mine is not like that at all. It has the file name underneath it.
>>>What am I telling him to do wrong?
>>
>>I'm not really sure what you're talking about. Underneath what?
>>
>>My best guess is that his MyPictures folder is showing its contents in
>>details mode, while yours is showing what's there in one of the icon
>>modes.
>>
>>Check the View menu on the window that he's using to view the folder.
>>Choose the Filmstrip, Thumbnails, or Icon option.
>>
>>--
>>Tim Slattery
>>MS MVP(DTS)
>>Slattery_T@bls.gov
>>
On the My Pictures menu click View - Thumbnails to see a small picture
of each image file with the file name below it. View - Filmstrip will
show a larger picture on top, but the file name will only show up with
the small picture on the "filmstrip" across the bottom.

Bill

 

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With the folder open, toggle thumbnail view off and then back on while
holding down the shift key.

Allan wrote:

> MyI guess what I am trying to say is this. On My Pictures, it says below it
> what the file name is. On his, it only shows the file and he has to move his
> cursor over the item to see what it is. How can I get his to show the words
> below his so he can know what is the fils name?
> Allan
>
> "Tim Slattery" wrote:
>
>
>>"Allan" <Allan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>My father has an HP SP2 computer. He is 76 now and can not figure alot of
>>>things out now. He asked me last night how to save pictures in emails. I told
>>>him to right click and save as whatever he wanted to call it. Well when he
>>>goes to My Pictures, there it is but there is nothing underneath it
>>>describing what it is. He has to put his cursor over it in order to find out
>>>what it is. Mine is not like that at all. It has the file name underneath it.
>>>What am I telling him to do wrong?
>>
>>I'm not really sure what you're talking about. Underneath what?
>>
>>My best guess is that his MyPictures folder is showing its contents in
>>details mode, while yours is showing what's there in one of the icon
>>modes.
>>
>>Check the View menu on the window that he's using to view the folder.
>>Choose the Filmstrip, Thumbnails, or Icon option.
>>
>>--
>>Tim Slattery
>>MS MVP(DTS)
>>Slattery_T@bls.gov
>>

 

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Allan wrote:

> My father has an HP SP2 computer. He is 76 now and can not figure alot of
> things out now. He asked me last night how to save pictures in emails. I told
> him to right click and save as whatever he wanted to call it. Well when he
> goes to My Pictures, there it is but there is nothing underneath it
> describing what it is. He has to put his cursor over it in order to find out
> what it is. Mine is not like that at all. It has the file name underneath it.
> What am I telling him to do wrong?
> Many Thanks
> Allan

Open My Pictures. Click on View, then list. This will display a list
of the file names. Then click on view, and then while holding down the
shift key, click on Thumbnails. That will show a thumbnail of each pic
with the file name below it.

--
Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User

 

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Rock wrote:
> Allan wrote:
>
>> My father has an HP SP2 computer. He is 76 now and can not figure alot
>> of things out now. He asked me last night how to save pictures in
>> emails. I told him to right click and save as whatever he wanted to
>> call it. Well when he goes to My Pictures, there it is but there is
>> nothing underneath it describing what it is. He has to put his cursor
>> over it in order to find out what it is. Mine is not like that at all.
>> It has the file name underneath it. What am I telling him to do wrong?
>> Many Thanks
>> Allan
>
>
> Open My Pictures. Click on View, then list. This will display a list
> of the file names. Then click on view, and then while holding down the
> shift key, click on Thumbnails. That will show a thumbnail of each pic
> with the file name below it.
>
Aha! I learn something new every day. I didn't realize the shift-click
will toggle between a thumbnails view with/without file names.
Thanks!
Bill

 

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Bill Sharpe wrote:
> Rock wrote:
>
>> Allan wrote:
>>
>>> My father has an HP SP2 computer. He is 76 now and can not figure
>>> alot of things out now. He asked me last night how to save pictures
>>> in emails. I told him to right click and save as whatever he wanted
>>> to call it. Well when he goes to My Pictures, there it is but there
>>> is nothing underneath it describing what it is. He has to put his
>>> cursor over it in order to find out what it is. Mine is not like that
>>> at all. It has the file name underneath it. What am I telling him to
>>> do wrong?
>>> Many Thanks
>>> Allan
>>
>>
>>
>> Open My Pictures. Click on View, then list. This will display a list
>> of the file names. Then click on view, and then while holding down
>> the shift key, click on Thumbnails. That will show a thumbnail of
>> each pic with the file name below it.
>>
> Aha! I learn something new every day. I didn't realize the shift-click
> will toggle between a thumbnails view with/without file names.
> Thanks!
> Bill

You're welcome.

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Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User