Genealogy Chat

Phew I have finally done it woohoo I clicked on Share on the original Image and sent it to one of my emails...it sent it..I opened it and had to click on the Ancestry link before it expired ..then clicked on Image viewer and There it was Yippeee the correct size aswell. I have tried so many ways to send them I was just about to give up..but I think I will do it that way from now on. Thanxs SS Lesley :~)

Thanxs SS What would I do without you lol I will go and try that now . Will let you know if that works Cheers Lesley :~)

The image resizer is just a tool. If you right mouse click on any saved image you will see an option that says 'resize picture'. If you select that you will get various choices. The 'medium' choice is probably the best one for emailing. It will automatically save a new copy for you withe the same name but 'medium' in brackets. SS

Right I have just right clicked on the census image and 'Saved Picture As' and saved it in my Picture/fax viewer but it has still cut the Image in half...I dont understand why its doing that.. Lesley 'Going Loopier' lol

SS Right I went to windowsxp(.)com and downloaded Image resizer it says it has done that now..But where has it gone? Does it automatically work or do I have to go to it everytime I want to use it? Soz Im Bit thick headed lol Lesley

If you go to windowsxp(.)com there's only one link. I've not seen any others. SS

Try the one in France first. If that isn't working just keep going til you find one that is! lol

Jeanette Which do I click on??? Lelsey :~)

Shouldn't make a difference Lesley. I've downloaded stuff from Majorgeeks before Jeanette x

SS I told you im a Novice at PC Techi stuff lol I have found the XP site for Powertoys 2.10 BUT It says DOWNLOAD FROM... Majorgeeks TX.usa Majorgeeks GA.usa Majorgeeks FL.usa Majorgeeks EU.France Planet mirror. Australia Help what do I do now. Im in UK..does that make a difference???? Lesley :~(

THANXS EVERYONE for all your helpful suggestions I will try them all and work out which is best for me...as I am quite a novice with techy stuff lol Thanxs again Will let you know on here how I get on with them. Lesley :~)

SS, thanks for that info, I've just downloaded it, hopefully it will make things a lot easier. Kaye.

If you're using windows xp, you can download a powertoy from their website (free). After downloading, if you right mouseclick over a saved picture, there will be a resize picture option. SS

Lesley The programme Valerie is referring to is WINZIP. It will compress your file but not by very much when it is an image. The Save As - JPEG is a much better option. Hope you can sort it. Lynne

I was having a problem with sending images too.Some people said they received them others didnt. I was told by someone the images time out so I only send when the person is there to receive them. I got someone to send me one and it appeared just like you would see the image yourself. I was able to use the drag and magnify too.I dont know how long the image stayed there but those I sent to and they received it copied it without any problem My problem was I was in NZ and sending possibly when some were asleep. Hope this helps Margaret

How are you saving them from Ancestry? You should be able to save them as JPG files by clicking on the little disc icon (''save'') which is immediately above the image, to the right. When you click on this, a file-save dialog box should appear, where you enter the filename. Make sure that the ''save as type'' box on this dialog is set to ''JPEG file''. Richard

Hi Lesley, There may be another way to do this, but this is how I do it. 'Changing to JPEG'..... Right click on your image, Choose 'open with' and another box will open on the side, Click on paint, The image will open onto windows paint, Go to file (top left hand side), Choose 'save as', At the bottom choose JPEG Then click save. Hope it works for you Kaye.

Ok Cheers Valerie Will do it tomorrow am going bed now cant see the screen anymore Thanxs for advice Lesley :~)

hi there is a programme you can download free from Microsoft for resizing stuff sorry dont remember its name but if you go to the site you will soon find it if not put another message on here tomorrow for the resizing programme

Geoff its either xxx gif or xxx bmp how do I change it? When I click it its only showing those two Sorry still quite a novice.. Lesley