Internet Explorer 6

SECTION 2

Lesson 2.3: Working with Data

Copying and Saving Pictures from the Web

Images, like text, can be copied from the Internet and saved on your computer. If you hover your mouse over a large image in Internet Explorer, a small toolbar will appear in the upper-left hand of the picture:

This toolbar gives you quick links to some common options when working with images:

	Save	Click the Save icon to save the image to your computer.

	Print	Click the Print icon to print the picture.

	E-mail	Click the E-mail icon to send the picture to someone else vial e-mail.

	My Pictures	Click the My Pictures icon to open the My Pictures folder.

Images can also be saved by clicking the right mouse button when your mouse is hovering above an image:

When the right-click menu appears, there are several options to choose from:

Save Picture As...	Clicking this link will bring up the Save Picture dialog box. Here, you can choose where on your hard drive you would like to save the picture, as well as give it a new name if you like. Internet Explorer will automatically make the destination folder for the picture the "My Pictures" folder. However, clicking any of the quick links on the left side of the dialog box will change the destination folder. You can also specify a location yourself by browsing through the folders in the pull down menu.
E-mail Picture...	If your computer is properly configured with an e-mail client, like Microsoft Outlook Express, Internet Explorer gives you the option of sending the picture file as an attachment in an e-mail. Please contact your ISP for help on configuring your e-mail client.
Print Picture...	The Print dialog box will appear. If you have a printer installed on your computer, here you can specify how many copies of the picture you would like to print. Click Print when you are ready to print the picture.
Go to My Pictures	Click this link to open the My Pictures folder, located inside the My Documents folder inside your computer. Here you can browse through the pictures saved on your computer.
Set as Background	Click this link to make the picture become your desktop wallpaper.
Set as Desktop Item...	Some Web pages, and items contained in the Web pages, can be made into an Active Desktop item. This means that your desktop effectively becomes a Web page that you can navigate. Please see the Windows help file for more information about Active Desktop settings.
Copy	You can copy an image into the memory of your computer by clicking the Copy link. You can then paste it into some other program or location on your computer.
Copy Shortcut	You can copy the URL of a particular image and paste it into some other program or location on your computer.
Add to Favourites...	This link allows you to make a specific URL to this image which you can view later on by accessing your Favourites. We will explore Favourites in detail in the next section of this manual.
Properties	Clicking this link will show the Properties dialog box which will display the image name, dimensions, format, and other information. Click OK to close this dialog box.