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by mnladyus 15 Sep 2011 ( edited Sep 16'11 00:44 )
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Question for users of Embird and Windows 7.

Windows 7 doesn't allow us to set up a default mail. How can I save a copy of my design as a jpeg? I tried to send it to myself, and Windows won't let me it says default mail not setup. I try to export the design, and it saves, but the photo is blank. I sure hope someone with windows 7 has it figured out and can help.

Thank you
Mary Ann

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by asterixsew 15 Sep 2011
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ttt
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by starlizard 15 Sep 2011
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Do you have a graphics program on your computer? I know you've got 'Paint'... it comes with all of the Windows operating systems. On your keyboard, you have a key above the arrow keys that is usually marked: 'Print Screen.' (Its at the very top edge of your keyboard) Just hit that key once. Then, go to your Paint program found in the Accessories folder on your Start menu. When the program opens, click on the Clipboard icon which pastes the image onto the workspace. To the right of that, there is a dotted line rectangle that says "Select"... using your cursor, draw a rectangle around your design. There is a smaller icon next to the "Select"... at the top, it looks like overlapping right angles that form a square... select that icon and it crops the picture. Then, when you get to the point where you want to save it, hit the icon that looks like a floppy disk... go to the bottom of the dialog box and under "Save as" on the drop down menu, select JPEG.

I did a screen capture of this page and worked through the Paint program.
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by starlizard 15 Sep 2011
Well, the graphic I made didn't upload for some reason... sorry about that.
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by mnladyus 15 Sep 2011
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Thank you for your time posting and everyone for the flowers.

I got my answer from someone in one of my yahoo groups. It can be done right in the embird program, so simple but complicated when I don't know what I'm doing.

Mary Ann
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by starlizard 15 Sep 2011
Okay, Mary Ann... glad you got an answer to it regarding the Embird. I don't use Embird, but I do know graphics programs. It isn't a loss of effort, though. What I explained is still valid for a lot of different applications.

Take care.
Liz
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by debleerl 16 Sep 2011
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To set up your default mail, you need to download Windows live from the Microsoft website. It is free and a very useful addition to windows 7. It takes a while to download but with all the features it's worth the time.