Hi All, I have just received an attachment of a newspaper article. It says "View slide show" below it and if I click on that it opens in a Window headed Windows live and is too small to read. If I double-click on it instead it opens in a window headed HP MediaSmart Photo and is too small to read. If I right-click on the image in the email it allows me to save it but only as an attachment. Also when I scan things now, even when I say the source is a document it presents it as a photo and is too small to see. Some time ago I would get a jpg file that just looked like the original which is what I want. I am using Windows7. How can I enlarge these things and/or stop them presenting as photos? Any help greatly appreciated. Christine

The standard for ALL scanners is to scan as a image and then be saved as a image. One can also run a OCR program which most scanners come with, and the scan then can be saved as a Word or any other word processor type of file. These small images that you have, when they are open, look in the lower right corner, there may be a slider in which the zoom scale can be increased. You may need to also look at the menu and toolbar areas as there may be a Zoom command there. Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message represents the official view of the voices in my head. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.SchmeckAbernathy.com == All outgoing and incoming mail is scanned by F-Prot Antivirus  == -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Christine Benson Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 3:31 AM To: Computer Mailing List Subject: [COMPUTERS] Changing a photo of text to something readable Hi All, I have just received an attachment of a newspaper article. It says "View slide show" below it and if I click on that it opens in a Window headed Windows live and is too small to read. If I double-click on it instead it opens in a window headed HP MediaSmart Photo and is too small to read. If I right-click on the image in the email it allows me to save it but only as an attachment. Also when I scan things now, even when I say the source is a document it presents it as a photo and is too small to see. Some time ago I would get a jpg file that just looked like the original which is what I want. I am using Windows7. How can I enlarge these things and/or stop them presenting as photos? Any help greatly appreciated. Christine :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: Please refrain from posting commercial URLs and from discussing prices on the list. Remember to SNIP when replying. :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi David, Thanks for your reply. I'll bear your remarks about the scan in mind when I have time to experiment. The attachment I have received appears to be a photo based on how I can open it. When I "View slide show" I get a window, the only options being Thumbnail view or Full screen together with the option to proceed to the next photo, if present. Looking at it full screen I can just about guess at most of what it says, based on prior knowledge. Or I can double-click on it and then it opens in HP MediaSmart Photo which has options like fix red-eye and rotate but nothing I can find to enlarge it and it is smaller in that view. If there is a zoom command it is extremely well hidden! Thanks again for your reply, Christine -----Original Message----- From: David C Abernathy Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 4:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [COMPUTERS] Changing a photo of text to something readable The standard for ALL scanners is to scan as a image and then be saved as a image. One can also run a OCR program which most scanners come with, and the scan then can be saved as a Word or any other word processor type of file. These small images that you have, when they are open, look in the lower right corner, there may be a slider in which the zoom scale can be increased. You may need to also look at the menu and toolbar areas as there may be a Zoom command there. Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message represents the official view of the voices in my head. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.SchmeckAbernathy.com == All outgoing and incoming mail is scanned by F-Prot Antivirus == -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Christine Benson Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 3:31 AM To: Computer Mailing List Subject: [COMPUTERS] Changing a photo of text to something readable Hi All, I have just received an attachment of a newspaper article. It says "View slide show" below it and if I click on that it opens in a Window headed Windows live and is too small to read. If I double-click on it instead it opens in a window headed HP MediaSmart Photo and is too small to read. If I right-click on the image in the email it allows me to save it but only as an attachment. Also when I scan things now, even when I say the source is a document it presents it as a photo and is too small to see. Some time ago I would get a jpg file that just looked like the original which is what I want. I am using Windows7. How can I enlarge these things and/or stop them presenting as photos? Any help greatly appreciated. Christine :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: Please refrain from posting commercial URLs and from discussing prices on the list. Remember to SNIP when replying. :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: Please refrain from posting commercial URLs and from discussing prices on the list. Remember to SNIP when replying. :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Christine I am using Windows Live, also.  Usually with attachments there are two options which are View as Slide Show and Download as Zip file.  If you download the Zip file and extract the attachment it opens with the Windows Live Photo Gallery. This has a slider like David mentioned that will enlarge the photo. Bob Wilson > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:57:58 +0100 > Subject: Re: [COMPUTERS] Changing a photo of text to something readable Hi All, > > I have just received an attachment of a newspaper article. It says "View > slide show" below it and if I click on that it opens in a Window headed > Windows live and is too small to read. If I double-click on it instead it > opens in a window headed HP MediaSmart Photo and is too small to read. If I > right-click on the image in the email it allows me to save it but only as an > > attachment. > > Also when I scan things now, even when I say the source is a document it > presents it as a photo and is too small to see. Some time ago I would get a > jpg file that just looked like the original which is what I want. > > I am using Windows7. > > How can I enlarge these things and/or stop them presenting as photos? > > Any help greatly appreciated. > > Christine > > > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > Please refrain from posting commercial URLs and from discussing prices on > the list. > > Remember to SNIP when replying. > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > Please refrain from posting commercial URLs and from discussing prices on > the list. > > Remember to SNIP when replying. > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > Please refrain from posting commercial URLs and from discussing prices on the list. > > Remember to SNIP when replying. > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Christine If you can would you send me one of your odd images offlist, I can have a look and see what it is then Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Hi All, > > I have just received an attachment of a newspaper article. It says "View > slide show" below it and if I click on that it opens in a Window headed > Windows live and is too small to read. If I double-click on it instead it > opens in a window headed HP MediaSmart Photo and is too small to read. If I > right-click on the image in the email it allows me to save it but only as an > > attachment. > > Also when I scan things now, even when I say the source is a document it > presents it as a photo and is too small to see. Some time ago I would get a > jpg file that just looked like the original which is what I want. > > I am using Windows7. > > How can I enlarge these things and/or stop them presenting as photos? > > Any help greatly appreciated. > > Christine