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OBJECTIVE

Windows 8 - How to copy pictures from my Canon Camera to my Laptop, then send those pictures via the Email App


INSTRUCTIONS

1. Plug in the camera
2. Close the Pictures App which starts
3. Click Desktop
4. Click Documents (Bottom of the screen)
5. Click on Canon on the left
6. Double Click on Removable Device (Right hand side)
7. Double Click on DCIM
8. Double Click on 100 Media
9. Highlight the required pictures by clicking and dragging one at a time to the desktop
(Dennis, You can also highlight multiple pictures by single click on each while holding down the shift key, then you can drag them all at once)
10. Now, Close the Windows Explorer Window
11. Move the pictures you dragged to the desktop so they are away from other icons, but near each other in a group
11. Click and drag to highlight all of them
12. Right Click on one of them --> Click Send to --> Compressed Zipped Folder
13. Type in the name you want to call the zipped folder without clicking anywhere
14. Now press enter or click anywhere away from all icons on the desktop
15. Open Email
16. Click + from a new email
17. Click the paperclip to attach a file
18. If you cannot see the zipped file, Find the desktop by clicking
Go Up or the Down Arrow next to One Cloud or the text at Near the top of the screen
19. Click on Desktop --> Click the Zipped Folder
20. Click Attach (bottom right)
21. Fill in email address and subject plus any message and send the email
22. Now clear up, go back to the desktop and delete the pictures, or drag to documents and also delete the Zipped folder

Here Endeth Lesson 1

LESSON 2

OBJECTIVE
How to send a picture without zipping up the file

INSTRUCTIONS


1. Plug in the camera
2. Close the Pictures App which starts
3. Click Desktop
4. Click Documents (Bottom of the screen)
5. Click on Canon on the left
6. Double Click on Removable Device (Right hand side)
7. Double Click on DCIM
8. Double Click on 100 Media
9. Highlight the required pictures by clicking and dragging one at a time to the desktop
(Dennis, You can also highlight multiple pictures by single click on each while holding down the shift key, then you can drag them all at once)
10. Now, Close the Windows Explorer Window
11. Move the pictures you dragged to the desktop so they are away from other icons, but near each other in a group
12. Open Email
13. Click + from a new email
14. Click the paperclip to attach a file
15. If you cannot see the picture file you want to send, Find the desktop by clicking
Go Up or the Down Arrow next to One Cloud or the text at Near the top of the screen
16. Click on Desktop --> Click the required picture
17. Click Attach (bottom right)
18. Fill in email address and subject plus any message and send the email
19. Now clear up, go back to the desktop and delete the pictures, or drag to documents and also delete the Zipped folder


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