How to send resized photos in e‑mail with Windows Live Photo Gallery?

You can use Windows Live Photo Gallery to quickly attach photos to an e‑mail message and automatically compress the photos (reduce their file size) so that the e‑mail message arrives more quickly and the pictures take up less space on the recipient's computer. Don't worry—the original pictures aren't affected, so you don't need to make separate smaller copies just for e‑mail.



You can download Windows Live Photo Gallery for free, online, from the Photo Gallery-Windows Live website.





1. Click the Start button , click All Programs, click Windows Live, and then click Windows Live Photo Gallery.



2. Click the photo that you want to send in an e‑mail message. To select more than one photo, hold down the CTRL key while you click the photos you want to select.



3. On the toolbar, click E‑mail.



If Windows Live Mail is set as your default e-mail program and you're signed into it with a Windows Live ID, your photos will be attached to a photo e-mail message in Windows Live Mail. Go to the next section to learn more about sending photo e‑mail messages in Windows Live Mail.



4. In the Attach files dialog box, select a photo size for your recipients from the Photo size list. Medium is usually a good choice, but if you're sending many photos, you might choose a smaller size to reduce the overall size of the e‑mail message.



5. Click Attach. A new e‑mail message opens using your preferred e‑mail program with the photos attached.



6. Enter the e‑mail addresses of the recipients, type a subject, and write a brief message. When you have finished composing the e‑mail message, click Send.







####