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Do You Know You Can Use Your Pictures As A Screen Saver?

Last week in my newsletter I talked about saving and organizing files. I am sure by now you have a collection of pictures that are your favorites; grandchildren, family members, friends, special times. I know I do. Once you have your picture files organized in folders and sub-folders, you can now display them in a slide show as your screen saver. The screen saver takes over in X-amount of time after you leave your computer, while it is still on.

To open up the Screen Saver Settings you must first left click the Start Button. In the menu on the right hand side, click Control Panel. Click on title Appearance and Personalization. This brings up a list (menu). At the top is Personalization. In that sub-menu, click Change Screen Saver.

In the Screen Saver Settings dialog box, Click the button marked Settings. This bring up a dialog box that allows you to browse for your pictures. Click Browse. Now you are in the screen to Browse For A Folder. Click on Libraries, Documents, My Documents, My Pictures. Then click on the folder you created with your pictures in it. If you didn't put them in the My Pictures folder, then click Libraries, Documents, My Documents, then the folder you created that has your pictures in it. Once you have that folder highlighted, click Okay.

With the Photo Screen Saver Settings dialog box still showing, you can control the speed and whether you want the pictures shuffled or show them in order. Once you choose, hit Save.

With the Screen Saver Settings dialog box still open, Choose the time you want to wait until the slide show starts, then hit Okay.

After the time you allotted for the Slide Show to begin, sit back and enjoy! You will impress your friends as well.

These instructions are for Windows 7 Users. If you want to know how to do this using Windows XP, e-mail me at Pic1Cathy@verizon.net and I will send them to you.