Microsoft 702 manual Saving Photos, Saving Multiple Versions, To make a copy of a photo

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If you’re like most people, you can’t stand to throw photos away, even if they’re imperfect. You probably have a large box or two filled with envelopes of old negatives and photographic prints. Keeping track of all your old prints and negatives can be a formidable task.

Fortunately, digital photography makes saving, storing, and organizing photos much easier. However, there are some important things you should know about saving your photos to make sure they’ll be in good condition whenever you want to enjoy them.

Saving Multiple Versions

After you’ve downloaded a photo to your computer and erased it from your camera, your computer’s hard disk contains the only copy of that photo. This original version should be treated like a film negative: you don’t want to do anything to it that will alter the original content. Besides rotating to correct orientation and renaming the file, the original version should be left alone.

When you want to edit a photo or add it to a project, you should always make a copy of the original and work with the copy. That way, if you make some editing changes that you regret later, you can go back to the original, make a new copy, and start over.

To make a copy of a photo:

1Open the photo.

2On the File menu, click Save As. The file browser opens.

3On the Folders tab, click the folder where you want to save the copy of the original.

4In the File name box, enter a name for the copy.

5Click Save.

The file browser closes, with the new copy of the photo open in the workspace.

Creating a folder for edited photos

You may want to save your edited photos in a different folder from your originals. To create a new folder from the file browser, click the Create New

Folder button , and type a name for the new folder. Then double-click the folder to open it to save your photos inside.

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