HP 600-1055 User Guide - Page 47

Photo library, Slideshows, Open folder to view files, Start, Pictures, Photos, Folders, Removable Disc - memory

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Photo library You can view any photos you have on your hard drive with HP TouchSmart Photos. To get photos from your camera: 1 Remove the memory card from your camera, and insert it into the memory card reader on the lower-right side of the computer. (Alternatively, use the USB cable that came with the camera, and connect the cable to the camera and then to a USB port in the computer.) The HP TouchSmart view minimizes automatically and a Microsoft dialog appears. 2 Tap Open folder to view files. 3 Tap the Start button. 4 Tap Pictures. 5 Use an existing folder, or create a new folder, and then with your fingertip, drag and drop the pictures you want into the folder. 6 Return to the HP TouchSmart view by tapping the house icon in the taskbar. 7 Open the Photos tile. 8 Tap Folders in the top menu, and select the folder where you dropped your photos into. 9 View your photos. To preview your photos from your camera memory card directly from the HP TouchSmart homepage (but not download them): 1 Tap the back arrow in the upper-left corner of the HP TouchSmart window. 2 Tap Removable Disc. 3 View your photos directly from the memory card. Slideshows Be sure you name your slideshow and then tap Save, or the slide show will not be saved. To make a slideshow: 1 From the HP TouchSmart homepage, tap the Photo tile. 2 Choose the source location for your slideshow: Dates, Folders, All Photos, or Removable Drive. 3 If you want specific photos in your slideshow, create a folder that contains those photos only. 4 Tap the Play Slideshow button in the lower menu. As you watch the slideshow, onscreen controls disappear. Tap the screen to make them reappear. 5 Adjust slideshow settings by tapping the Settings button, and selecting your settings. Examples of HP TouchSmart Photo settings include a feature that fades or moves the photo while transitioning to the next photo, and timing between photos (the default is 5 seconds). 6 Enter a name of the slideshow in the text box. 7 Tap Save. Software Overview 41

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Software Overview
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Photo library
You can view any photos you have on your hard drive with HP TouchSmart Photos. To get photos from your
camera:
1
Remove the memory card from your camera, and insert it into the memory card reader on the
lower-right side of the computer. (Alternatively, use the USB cable that came with the camera, and
connect the cable to the camera and then to a USB port in the computer.)
The HP TouchSmart view minimizes automatically and a Microsoft dialog appears.
2
Tap
Open folder to view files
.
3
Tap the
Start
button.
4
Tap
Pictures
.
5
Use an existing folder, or create a new folder, and then with your fingertip, drag and drop the pictures
you want into the folder.
6
Return to the HP TouchSmart view by tapping the house icon in the taskbar.
7
Open the
Photos
tile.
8
Tap
Folders
in the top menu, and select the folder where you dropped your photos into.
9
View your photos.
To preview your photos from your camera memory card directly from the HP TouchSmart homepage (but
not download them):
1
Tap the back arrow in the upper-left corner of the HP TouchSmart window.
2
Tap
Removable Disc
.
3
View your photos directly from the memory card.
Slideshows
Be sure you name your slideshow and then tap
Save
, or the slide show will not be saved. To make a
slideshow:
1
From the HP TouchSmart homepage, tap the
Photo
tile.
2
Choose the source location for your slideshow:
Dates
,
Folders
,
All Photos
, or
Removable
Drive
.
3
If you want specific photos in your slideshow, create a folder that contains those photos only.
4
Tap the
Play Slideshow
button in the lower menu.
As you watch the slideshow, onscreen controls disappear. Tap the screen to make them reappear.
5
Adjust slideshow settings by tapping the
Settings
button, and selecting your settings.
Examples of HP TouchSmart Photo settings include a feature that fades or moves the photo while
transitioning to the next photo, and timing between photos (the default is 5 seconds).
6
Enter a name of the slideshow in the text box.
7
Tap
Save
.