Using My Documents
The sensitive File Tasks panel of My Documents provides only options that apply to the application that you select. As you click to select different items, the suitable options show immediately in the File tasks panel, taking the theory out of your daily tasks.
The below figure shows the File Tasks menu for your Microsoft Word document titled "Brazil's Trade Deficit." Using My Documents, tasks such as publishing to the Web and sending files by e-mail are made simple.

To rename documents
1. On the Start menu, click My Documents, and click to select the document that you want to rename.
2. In the File Tasks menu, click Rename this file.
3. Type the name you want for your file in the text box. For example, you can rename this document "Brazil's Trade Deficit for 2000."


To look at files in Thumbnail or Tiles view
4. On the Start menu, click My Documents, and click to select the documents you want to view.
5. On the View menu, click Thumbnails.
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On the View menu, click Tiles. The below figure shows the Tiles view, which includes the application representation, document name and type, and size at a quick look.



To show files grouped by type
1. On the Start menu, click My Documents, select the documents you want to view.
2. On the View menu, click Arrange Icons by >
Select Show in Groups






To use My Pictures
3. On the Start menu, click My Pictures.
4. On the View menu, click Filmstrip.



You can also view photos as Thumbnails, Tiles, and more, or double-click them to see an enlarged image. Other features of My Pictures include ordering prints from the Web, printing pictures, and setting a picture as your desktop background.

To automatically compress and e-mail pictures
5. On the Start menu, click My Pictures.
6. On the File and Folder Tasks menu, click E-mail this file.





You can resize the pictures e-mail so that they transfer faster, or you may choose to keep the original sizes. Pictures are automatically attached to your default e-mail editor, ready for sending.



The Microsoft Windows XP Professional Photo Wizard gives you a selection of powerful printing options. You can easily print photos you’ve scanned, saved from the internet, or downloaded from your digital camera – print one, three, six, even sixteen photos on one page!
Printing Pictures with the Photo Wizard
7. In the Picture Tasks menu on the sidebar, select
print This Picture.
8. Click Next on Photo Printing Wizard.
9. Select pictures you wish to print, click Next.
10. Choose the printer you wish to print to, click Next.
11. In Layout Selection, select the 4 x 6 in, 3-up option.
12. Click Next.
13. Click Finish.