HP TouchSmart 300-1000 - Desktop PC, Getting Started Manual

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Software Overview
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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 for the slideshow in the text box.
7 Tap Save .
Hiding photos
You can hide some of your photos so they do not show up in HP TouchSmart Photo.
1 From your Windows desktop, browse to the photo or folder you do not want to show in the Photos tile
in HP TouchSmart Photo.
2 Right-click the photo, and click Properties .
3 Click the General tab, and Attributes , click Hidden .
You can still see hidden folders in Windows if you want, by following these steps:
1 Click the Start button.
2 Click Control Panel , and then click Appearance and Personalization .
3 Click Folder Options .
4 Click the View tab.
5 Under Advanced settings, click Show hidden files and folders , and then click OK .
Creating (burning) a CD or DVD of photos
See “Creating (burning) a CD or DVD of music or photos” on page 36.
HP TouchSmart Canvas
The Canvas tile is a virtual interactive collage. Open the Canvas tile and create collages of photographs.
Share collages with family, make a poster, or use a collage as your computer desktop background. At the
lower part of the tile, tap one of the folders of photos. Tap the fly-out menu that comes up, and drag the
picture you want onto the canvas to add it to the collage. Use a two-finger touch to rotate or resize photos.
Tap a free area on the canvas, and draw a circle around several photos. Then, use the tag feature to tag
the photos. This is an efficient method of tagging a variety of photos at once.
Tap the top color bar to open a screen to manipulate photos. After you create a collage, be sure to save it.