avon wrote:
> after downloading photos from my camera i am unable to
> edit them in paint as it shows them in a huge format, i
> have tried reducing the zoom thank you David and this is
> no help
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Paint is an outdated and very limited
program. Check the disks that came
with your computer/printer/scanner,etc...
you may have better software that you
have not installed.

Try one or all of the following freebies:

IrfanView version 3.98
http://www.tucows.com/preview/194967
(get the plug-ins too)

Picasa2
http://www.picasa.com/picasa/

FastStone Image Viewer
http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm

Microsoft Digital Image
Starter Edition 2006
http://tinyurl.com/8x6ea
(60 day trial version)

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John Inzer
MS Picture It! MVP
How to ask a newsgroup question:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375