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Getting to Know the Windows ® XP Media Center Edition 2005
Displaying Your Pictures
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After you organize your pictures in the My Pictures folder in
Windows Explorer, open Media Center to view your pictures:
1
Click
Start
, then
Media
Center
to open the Media
Center main window.
2
Select
My Pictures
. The right side of the window shows
a small picture image (thumbnail) and, if you have
organized your pictures into folders, folder icons.
Your pictures are displayed just as you organized them in
the My Pictures folder in Windows Explorer.
3
Use the arrow keys to move through your picture files
and folder files and select a picture.
4
Press
OK
to select a picture or folder to view. The
selected picture opens in full screen mode.
Viewing a Slide Show
To view pictures as a slide show:
1
Click
Start
, then
Media
Center
to open the Media
Center main window.
2
Select
My Pictures
.
3
Use the arrow keys to select the folder of pictures you
want to view as a slide show, and then press
OK
.
4
Use the left and right arrow keys to go to the next or the
previous picture manually or use the arrow keys to select
Play
Slide Show
, and then press
OK
to display your
pictures automatically.
If you do not select the pictures you want to view as a slide
show, Media Center uses the first folder listed. If you have
picture files that are not stored in folders you created, Media
Center plays all files stored in the My Pictures folder.