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`Using WordPad
`When WordPad first opens, you see an empty sheet of electronic typing paper. Just
`above the ruler, you'll find drop-down menus and buttons that affect the formatting
`of your text, as shown in Figure 6-6. As in any word processor, you can apply these
`formats (like bold, italic, or color) to two kinds of text:
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`• Text you've highlighted by dragging the mouse across it.
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`• Text you're about to type. In other words, if you click the I button, the next char(cid:173)
`acters you type will be italicized. Click the I button a second time to "turn off" the
`italics.
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`The rightmost formatting buttons affect entire paragraphs, as shown in Figure 6-7.
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`WordPad doesn't offer big-gun features like spell checking, style sheets, or tables. But
`it does offer a surprisingly long list of core word processing features. For example:
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`• Edit(cid:157) Find, Edit(cid:157) Replace. Using the Find command, you can locate a particular
`word or phrase instantly, even in a long document. The Replace command takes it
`a step further, replacing that found phrase with another one ( a great way to change
`the name of your main character throughout an entire novel, for example).
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`• Indents and Tab stops. As shown in Figure 6-7, you click on the ruler to place Tab
`stops there. Each time you press the Tab key, your insertion point cursor jumps in
`line with the next tab stop.
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`• Object Linking and Embedding. As described in the previous chapter, this feature
`(Insert(cid:157) Object) lets you create or insert a picture, graph, chart, sound, movie,
`spreadsheet, or other kind of data into your WordPad document.
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`• Drag-and-drop editing. Instead of using the three-step Copy and Paste routine
`for moving words and phrases around in your document, you can simply drag
`highlighted text from place to place on the screen. See page 199 for details.
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`Windows XP Games
`Although the central concept of Windows XP-merging what were once separate
`Windows versions for corporations and homes-is a noble and largely successful one,
`a few peculiar juxtapositions result. If you're a corporate user, for instance, you may
`wonder what to make of things like Movie Maker (for editing home movies), Outlook
`Express (a stripped-down, free version of Outlook)-and games. Yes, Windows XP
`even includes eleven games for your procrastination pleasure.
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`More interesting still, several of tl1em let you play against other people on the Internet.
`At the Microsoft Game Center (www.zone.com), players from all over the world gather
`to find worthy opponents. When you choose one of the Internet-enabled games,
`your PC connects automatically with this Game Center. An automated matchmaker
`searches for someone else who wants to play the game you chose, and puts the two
`of you together, albeit anonymously.
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`The game board that opens, like the one in Figure 6-8, provides more than just the
`tools to play; there's even a pseudo-chat feature. By choosing from the canned list
`of phrases, you can send little game exclamations to your opponent ("Good move;'
`"King me!" "Bad luck;' and so on).
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`Tip:The list of utterances available in your chat session is completely canned. For example, you can't type in,
`"That was uncalled-for, you sniveling roach!" Still, its canned nature has a virtue of its own: You can exchange
`platitudes with players anywhere in the world. Your quips show up automatically in the language of your
`opponent's copy of Windows, be it Korean, German, or whatever.
`
`Here's the Windows XP complement of games, all of which are listed in the Start(cid:157)
`All Programs(cid:157) Games submenu.
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`Tip:Complete instructions lurk within the Help menu of each game. That's fortunate, since the rules of some
`of these card games can seem elaborate and quirky, to say the least.
`
`• FreeCell. You might think of this card game as solitaire on steroids. When you
`choose Game(cid:157) New Game, the computer deals eight piles of cards before you.
`The goal is to sort them into four piles of cards-one suit each and sequentially
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`from ace to king-in the spaces at the upper-right corner of the screen. (To move
`a card, click it once and then click where you want it moved to.)
`
`You can use the upper-left placeholders, the "free cells;' as temporary resting places
`for your cards. From there, cards can go either onto one of the upper-right piles
`or onto the bottom of one of the eight piles in the second row. However, when
`moving cards to the eight piles, you must place them alternating red/black, and
`in descending sequence.
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`Tip: When you're stuck, move your cursor back and forth in front of the little king icon at top center. Watch
`his eyes follow your arrow as though hypnotized.
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`• Hearts, Internet Hearts. The object of this card game is to get rid of all the hearts
`you're holding by passing them off to other players. At the end of each round, all
`players counts up their points: one point for each heart, and thirteen points for the
`dreaded queen of spades. The winner is the person with the fewest points when
`the game ends (which is when somebody reaches 100).
`
`What makes it tricky is that even while you're trying to ditch your hearts, somebody
`else may be secretly trying to collect them. If you can collect all of the hearts and
`the queen of spades, you win big-time; everybody else gets 26 big fat points, and
`you get off scot-free.
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`Rgure 6-B:
`It may look like a simple
`game of checkers, but you're
`actually witnessing a spec(cid:173)
`tacular feature of Windows
`XP: instantaneous anonymous
`Internet gaming. Two Internet
`visitors in search of reaeation
`have mode contact, a game
`board has appeared, and the
`game is under way. The Chat
`window sits below the game
`board. You can even turn Chat
`off if you're planning to play a
`cutthroat game and don't want
`to fake having friendly feelings
`toward your opponent.
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`White has chat turned on.
`Vou are playing as Red.
`White> It's your turn
`Red> Hello
`White> Hello
`White> Oops!
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`You can play Classic Hearts either against Windows, which conjures up names
`and hands for three other fictional players to play against you, or against people
`on your network. And if you open Internet Hearts, you can play against other
`similarly bored Windows PC owners all over the world.
`
`• Internet Backgammon. This is classic backgammon, but with a twist: Now you're
`playing against people you've never met, via the MSN Gaming Zone.
`
`• Internet Checkers. It's just checkers; once again, though, you can now play against
`random players on the Internet (see Figure 6-8).
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`• Internet Reversi. Like Othello, you play this strategy game on a chess-type board
`against another player from the MSN Gaming Zone.
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`• Internet Spades. Here's yet another card game, again designed for Internet
`playing.
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`• Minesweeper. Under some of the grid cells are mines; under others, hints about
`nearby mines. Your goal: Find the mines without blowing yourself up.
`
`When clicking random squares, you run the risk of getting blown up instantly. If
`that happens, you lose; them's the breaks. But if you get lucky, you uncover little
`numbers around the square you clicked. Each number reveals how many mines
`are hidden in the squares surrounding it. Using careful mathematical logic and the
`process of elimination, you can eventually figure out which squares have mines
`under them. (To help keep track, you can right-click the squares to plant little
`flags that mean, "Don't step here.") You win if you mark all the mine squares with
`flags.
`
`• Pinball. To start this noisy, animated, very realistic pinball machine (Figure 6-9) ,
`choose Game(cid:157) New Game. You get three balls; launch the first one by tapping the
`Space bar. (For a more powerful launch, hold the Space bar down longer before
`releasing.)
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`Tip: The game becomes a lot more fun when it tills the screen. Press F4 to make it so.
`
`• Solitaire. Here it is: The program that started it all, the application that introduced
`millions of people to the joys of a graphic interface like Windows. (Ask the ad(cid:173)
`vanced-beginner Windows fan to identify a good program-file code to type into
`the Start(cid:157) Run dialog box, and he might not know winword or msconfig-but he'll
`probably know sol.)
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`In Solitaire, the object is to build four piles of cards, one for each suit, in ascend(cid:173)
`ing order (starting with aces). To help achieve this, you maintain seven smaller
`stacks of cards in the second row. You can put cards onto these piles as long as you
`alternate red and black, and as long as the cards go in descending order (a four of
`hearts can be placed on a five of spades, for example). Click a face-down card on
`one of these piles to turn it over. If it helps you to continue the red/black/red/black
`sequence you've started, remember you can drag around stacks of face-up cards
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`on these piles. And when you can't find any more moves to make, click the deck
`in the upper-left corner to reveal more cards.
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`If you win, an animated simulation of what's euphemistically called "52 Pickup"
`appears for your viewing pleasure.
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`Tip: You can't play Solitaire over the Internet. Even Microsoft hasn't yet figured out a way to turn Solitaire
`into a multiplayer game.
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`Figure tHI:
`Once the Pinball ball is in
`orbit around the screen,
`you twitch the flippers
`by pressing the Zand I
`keys. (Put your pinkies
`there- this feels much more
`logical than it reads. Even
`so, you can reassign these
`functions to other keys
`by choosing Options(cid:157)
`Player Controls.) You can
`even "bump the table" by
`pressing the X period, or
`up arrow key.
`
`• Spider Solitaire. If your spirit needs a good game of solitaire, but you just don't
`have the time or patience for Solitaire or FreeCell, this kinder, gentler, easier game
`may be just the ticket. Thanks to the built-in cheat mechanism, which suggests
`the next move with no penalty, you can blow through this game with all of the
`satisfaction and none of the frustration of traditional solitaire games.
`
`You play with 104 cards. You get ten stacks across the top of the screen, and the
`rest in a pile in the lower-right corner of the screen. By dragging cards around,
`all you have to do is create stacks of cards in descending order, from king down
`to ace. As soon as you create such a stack, the cards fly off the playing board. The
`goal is to remove all of the cards from the playing board.
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`In the easiest level, there's no need to worry about color or suit, because the game
`gives you only spades. If you run out of imagination, just press the letter M key to
`make the program propose a move, accompanied by a heavenly sounding harp
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`ripple. And if even the game can't find a legal move, simply click the deck in the
`lower-right corner to distribute another round of cards, which opens up a new
`round of possibilities.
`
`Sticking with the game to the very end delivers an animated confetti/fireworks
`display-and a tiny, budding sense of achievement.
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`Windows XP Games
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`Everything Else
`The rest of the programs listed in the Start(cid:157) All Programs menu (at least the ones
`that come with Windows XP) are covered elsewhere in this book. Internet Explorer is
`detailed in Chapter 11, Outlook Express in Chapter 12, Remote Assistance in Chapter
`4, and Windows Media Player in Chapter 7.
`
`Tip: There's much more free Microsoft software available to Windows XP gluttons. For example, you'll have
`a lot of fun trying out the popular PowerToys package (programs produced after the operating system's
`release), the Windows Media Bonus pack, and additional screen savers. You'll find them all here: http//www.
`microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloadsjdefault.asp.
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`Pictures, Sound,
`and Movies
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`W indows XP is the most advanced version yet when it comes to playing
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`and displaying multimedia files-photos, sounds, and movies. New fea(cid:173)
`tures make it easier than ever for your PC to control your digital camera
`or scanner, play movies and sounds, and play radio stations from all over the world
`as you work on your PC (thanks to your Internet connection).
`
`In this chapter, you'll find guides to all of these features.
`
`Digital Photos in XP
`The new stability of XP is nice, and the new task pane can save you time. But if you
`have a digital cam era, few of the new features in Windows XP are quite as useful as its
`ability to manage your digital photos. Microsoft has bent over backward to simplify
`and streamline a process that was once a chain of pain: transferring photos from your
`camera to the PC, and then trying to figure out what to do with them.
`
`Hooking Up Your Camera
`If your digital camera is less than a few years old, it probably came with a USB cable
`designed to plug into your PC. Fortunately, if your PC is young enough to run Win(cid:173)
`dows XP, it probably has a USB jack, too.
`
`Furthermore, Windows XP comes preloaded with drivers for hundreds of current
`camera models, generally sparing you the standard installation process described in
`Chapter 14. That's why, for most people, the instructions for transferring photos from
`the camera to the PC are as follows:
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`1. Connect the camera to the PC, using the USB cable.
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`That's it-there is no step 2. As shown in Figure 7-1, Windows XP automatically
`opens the Camera and Scanner Wizard, a series of screens that guides you through
`the process of selecting and then transferring the photos you want.
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`Note: If hooking up the camera produces the dialog box shown at the top of Figure 7· 1, then you've installed
`some photo-management software of your own (maybe some that came with the camera). In that case, you
`have a choice: Either select that program to download and manage your photos or click Cancel to let XP do
`the job as described in these pages. Then open your My Pictures folder (Start(cid:157) My Pictures) and, at the left
`side of the window, click "Get pictures from camera or scanner."
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`that now contains your
`pictures on the hard
`drive.
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`The various screens of the Camera Wizard take you through these steps:
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`• Welcome screen. If you're the kind of person who prefers to let others do your
`grunt work, just click Next.
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`Note, however, the "advanced users only" link (Figure 7-1, top right). If you click
`it, Windows XP opens up a new folder window that shows you the contents of the
`camera's memory card. Each photo is represented as a file icon. At this point, you
`can copy these photos to your hard drive by dragging them. Use this technique
`if you want to file them into different folders, for example, rather than using the
`wizard to dump them all into a single place.
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`• Choose Pictures to Copy. On this screen (Figure 7-1, middle left), you can look
`over slide-sized versions of the pictures currently on the camera and, by turning
`on the checkboxes above them, tell Windows which ones you want to copy to your
`hard drive.
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`Tip: To straighten a photo that's turned 90 degrees, click it and then click one of the two tiny Rotate buttons
`at the lower-left corner of the dialog box.
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`• Picture Name and Destination. On this screen (Figure 7-1, middle right), Windows
`asks you to type the name of the group of pictures to be imported. If you name
`this group Robin's Party, for example, Windows will put the downloaded photos
`into a My Pictures(cid:157) Robin's Party folder. (It will, that is, unless you intervene by
`clicking the Browse button to choose a different folder.)
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`.\marlllfa'cturers promise WIA (Windows Image Acquisition).
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`Tip: This screen offers one of the most useful options: a checkbox called "Delete pictures from my device
`after copying them." If you turn on this checkbox, then you'll find your memory card freshly erased after the
`photo transfer, ready for more picture taking.
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`• Other Options. When the transfer process is over, the next screen (Figure 7-1,
`lower left) offers you direct links to publishing the photos to a Web site, ordering
`prints by mail via the Web, or Nothing-which is almost always what you want to
`do here.
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`• Completing the Scanner and Camera Wizard. The final screen (Figure 7-1, lower
`right) completes the process by offering you a link that opens the folder currently
`containing the pictures (on your hard drive). Click either the link or the Finish
`button, which does the same thing.
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`Fun with Downloaded Pictures
`Once you've transferred pictures to your hard drive, you can enjoy a long list of
`photo-manipulation features, new in Windows XP. These features put to shame the
`national photo-management system: shoving drugstore prints into a shoebox, which
`then goes into a closet.
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`Suppose you've opened a folder of freshly downloaded pictures. (As noted above,
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`just choose its name from the Start menu to get going. Or you can put a shortcut icon
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`Download more photos
`When a camera or scanner is turned on and connected to the PC, the first link in the
`task pane of your My Pictures folder is, "Get pictures from camera or scanner." Click
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`Look them over
`Windows XP comes with two folder window views especially designed for digital
`photos: Thumbnail and Filmstrip. You can read about them on page 74; for now, it's
`enough to note that Filmstrip view (Figure 7-2) is ideal for reviewing a batch of freshly
`transferred pictures at the size that's big enough for you to recognize them.
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`Remember to press the F 11 key to maximize the window and hide a lot of the ancillary
`toolbar junk that eats into your photo-displaying space. (Press Fll again to restore
`the window size when you're done.) Also remember to rotate the photos that were
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`taken with the camera turned sideways, especially if you plan to use the slide show,
`Web page, or email features described in the following paragraphs.
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`Tip: When rotating a photo in Filmstrip view (Figure 7-2), Windows sometimes announces: "Because of the
`dimensions of this picture, rotating it might permanently reduce its quality. Do you want to proceed?"
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`This scary message pops up only when you're trying to rotate a photo whose dimensions (measured in
`pixels) aren't an even multiple of sixteen. Windows is letting you know that, thanks to a quirk in the science
`of JPEG compression, it must recompress the graphic in order to rotate it. Microsoft says that the "quality
`loss" is imperceptible to the human eye, and you'll probably agree. But if you're worried about it, make a
`copy of the original photo file before you rotate it.
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`Start a slide show
`When you click "View as a slide show'' in the task pane, your screen goes dark, thunder
`rumbles somewhere, and your entire monitor fills with a gorgeous, self-advancing
`slide show of the pictures in the folder. If you then move the mouse, a tiny palette
`appears in the upper-right corner with buttons of control buttons that correspond
`to Play, Pause, Previous, Next, and Stop.
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`The beauty of a slide show like this is that everyone at your presentation ( or, if this
`is your home computer, in your family) can see it at once. It beats the pants off the
`ritual of passing out individual 4 x 6 drugstore prints to each person.
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`To stop the slide show, press the Esc key on your keyboard (or click the X button in
`the floating palette that appears when you move your mouse).
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`Nole:Why do photo-related tasks appear on the task pane only in the My Pictures folder? Because Microsoft
`has applied the Pictures or Photo Album folder template to it. You can make these tasks appear in any other
`folder, however, just by applying the same folder template; see page 75.
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`Order prints online
`If you click this link in the task pane, Windows XP presents a wizard that helps you
`select photos in your folder for uploading to an online photo processor, like Kodak,
`Shutterfly, or Fuji. You can specify how many copies you want of each print, and at
`what sizes (Figure 7-3) . Once you've plugged in your credit card number, the prints
`arrive by mail in about a week.
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`Make a printout
`This task-pane link, too, opens a wizard. This time, it guides you through a selection of
`photos in your folder to print, a selection of printers to use, and the layout of photos
`on each 8½ x 11 sheet (four 3 x 5 inch prints, 9 wallet-sized prints, and so on). Note
`that many of these layouts chop off parts of your pictures to make them fit the page;
`the layout previews will reveal exactly which parts of the image you'll lose.
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`Install new wallpaper
`The "Set as desktop background" link (which appears whenever you've highlighted
`a picture) plasters the currently selected photo across the entire background of your
`screen, turning your PC into the world's most expensive picture frame. (For instruc(cid:173)
`tions on changing or removing this background, use the Display program described
`on page 257.)
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`dows XP, however, anybody can create a gallery of photos that hangs on the Web for
`everyone in the world to see.
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`Start by clicking "Publish this file ([folder] if no file is selected) to the Web" in the
`task pane at the left side of your pictures folder window. Yes, it's the Web Publishing
`Wizard, whose screens walk you through this process:
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`• Choosing the photos (from the assortment in the current folder) that you want
`to put online.
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`• Choosing a Web-hosting company that will provide the disk space for your pictures
`on the Internet. Note that this means paying money-unless you choose MSN
`Groups from the selection on the third wizard screen.
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`Although it's free to let Microsoft host your Web page in this way, there are two
`downsides. First, it limits you to 3 MB of storage-and that's not very many pictures
`(maybe a dozen). Second, using MSN requires that you have a Microsoft Passport.
`See page 358 for instructions and privacy considerations.
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`• Choosing an MSN Group (Web page) for displaying your new photos. The first
`time you do this, you'll want to select "Create a new MSN Group to share yo