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    Photos won't print from Gallery
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    Check that your printer is connected to the computer and powered on. You may also want to update your printer's drivers which can be obtained from the manufacturer's website. When printing from Windows Photo Gallery, make sure that the correct printer is selected, or the print command may be sent somewhere else.
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    How do you convert RAW photos to JPEG in photo gallery?
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    Select the RAW files and go to File > Make a Copy > Save. You can select JPEG as the target file format.
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    Will Windows Photo Gallery work in windows 10? I recently updated my new computer to Windows 10 and cannot locate photos from previous version.
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    Windows Photo Gallery can be used in Windows 10. The photos will be located in the same file path that you used in your older version of Windows. If you used the default path, then "My Pictures" will have been renamed to "Pictures"
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    How do I move photos to new folder?
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    You can either drag and drop the photo files from their current location to the new location, or you can right click on an individual file and select "Move." That will give you the opportunity to choose the new location where you want to move that file.
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    How to change an album name?
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    Right-click the folder and select Rename.
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    How do you use photo gallery to open a photo in email?
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    You must download the photo attachment, then open it with Windows Photo Gallery. Email clients will use their own software to preview photos before download.
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    How to print 4 different pictures on one sheet of 8 1/2 x 11 photo paper. I cannot get all the pictures to show in the print area, only one picture at a time What am in doing wrong
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    Select all the pictures at once and press Print. In the print dialog, you should be able to select different layout options, indicated by thumbnails. Select the thumbnail that displays 4 squares on a piece of paper.
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    How do I add captions that stay on the photo?
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    You cannot add text as an overlay using Windows Photo Gallery. Adding captions will appear below the photo as flavor text.
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    How do I export pictures to a flash drive?
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    Connect your flash drive, located the folders where your Windows Photo Gallery pictures are stored, then simply drag and drop them to the desired flash drive location.
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    I accidentally clicked on Select All photos in Windows Photo Gallery and now I want to deselect them. How do I do this?
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    Left-click any photo and your selection should change to that single photo instead.
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