*Ping* Sean

For some reason, I was unable to reply to your
original message. Here's a copy of my reply:
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Sean wrote:

> Question A Is there a way to prepare-(Crop or resize or
> whatever I need to do[*Scratching head*]) -photos for
> printing at various sizes built into XP?

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I can see no urgent reason to crop these
image files. Personally...I would send them
to relatives as they are. You can print them
in Windows XP and the templates will auto-
crop the images if necessary. And if you
take the CD to a professional printer...
their software will do the same.
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> Question B Is there a way to show dimensions of pictures
> in Inches rather than pixels in Windows Explorer?

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No.
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> Question C Does this make any sense at all, Am I missing
> something?

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If you print an image and someone's head is
removed...pre-cropping would certainly be required...
otherwise I wouldn't be concerned over the issue.

Just choose the size you wish to print and the
WinXP Printing Wizard will auto-crop the image
to fit...the preview will show you the finished crop.

Anyway...if you feel that cropping is required,
the free software at the following link has a
good crop tool.

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

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John Inzer
MS Picture It! MVP
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