I have just bought an HP 1200 3-in-1 scanner, printer, copier. I have been trying to send scans of photos (genealogy ones!) as email attachments but the wheels fall off when I choose their option to send as an email (it trims the size right down this way) and it opens a Word email template with the photo I'd just scanned as an attachment. When I hit send, nothing happens, it doesn't go off into cyber space. Obviously I have to make OE talk to Word??? Or the other way around? The "Help" functions are as always, unhelpful! I tried Zipping the saved photo file and sending that as a normal OE email but that didn't work either. The Zipping (WinZip) hardly reduced the size of the photo file at all and the server got indigestion trying to send the huge file and gave up half way through. genlistlass, UK --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.736 / Virus Database: 490 - Release Date: 09/08/2004

I have found this site to be a great help when I try to explain about scanning and saving pictures. http://www.scantips.com/ If your HP software is the same as mine: When scanning, and you get the preview of the picture, go to the menu just above the picture in the "HP Scanning" Window and click the advanced button, and choose resolution. If you want to send it as an email, choose 75, unless it is a very small picture that you want to enlarge a bit, then choose a bit higher resolution. As you change the resolution, notice how the size, listed below the picture, changes. If it is a black and white picture, scanning in grayscale will save space too. Save the picture to a folder, then open the email program and attach the picture to it. I couldn't figure out the connection between the HP scanning program and email. I do not think you need a new computer just to send photo attachments with emails. Alfred D. Eller RootsMagic-Users-Admin@RootsWeb.com ================ ============== ----- Original Message ----- From: "genlistlass" <genlistlass@hotmail.com> To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 7:40 AM Subject: [Gen-Comp-Tips] sending photos by email? > I have just bought an HP 1200 3-in-1 scanner, printer, copier. > > I have been trying to send scans of photos (genealogy ones!) as email > attachments but the wheels fall off when I choose their option to send as an > email (it trims the size right down this way) and it opens a Word email > template with the photo I'd just scanned as an attachment. > > When I hit send, nothing happens, it doesn't go off into cyber space. > > Obviously I have to make OE talk to Word??? Or the other way around? The > "Help" functions are as always, unhelpful! > > I tried Zipping the saved photo file and sending that as a normal OE email > but that didn't work either. The Zipping (WinZip) hardly reduced the size of > the photo file at all and the server got indigestion trying to send the huge > file and gave up half way through. > > genlistlass, UK >