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From the My Pictures
menu, you can select
Settings to:
Select a slide
■
transition, a slide
time delay, and a
background color.
Include picture
■
folders you have
created.
Show captions.
■
Display your
■
pictures randomly.
Show song
information during a
slideshow.
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Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Software Guide
Viewing Pictures in My Pictures
After you organize your pictures in the My Pictures
folder in Windows Explorer, open Media Center to
view your pictures:
1
Press the Media Center Start
button
on the remote control.
2
Select My Pictures. The right
side of the window shows a small
picture image (thumbnail) and, if
you've organized your pictures
into folders, folder icons. The
pictures are displayed just as you
organized them in the My Pictures
folder in Windows Explorer.
3
Use the arrow buttons on the
remote control 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 pictures as a slideshow
1
Press the Media Center Start button
the remote control.
2
Select My Pictures.
3
Select the folder of pictures you want to view
as a slideshow, and then press OK.
4
Select Play Slideshow, and then press OK.
5
Press the More information button on
the remote control, and then select
Picture Details. The picture name,
location, last modification date, and resolution
appears, if available.
5
Press OK again to zoom in 150%; press
OK again to zoom in 225%. Press the arrow
buttons to pan across a picture. To return
the picture to the original size, press OK a
third time.
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Press the Back button to go to a previous
picture. Use the arrow buttons to display the
next or previous pictures.
If you do not select the pictures you want to view as
a slideshow, 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.
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