Based on the settings of your camera, digital photographs are usually large files (more than 1MB), and therefore are difficult to send by email when you have a very slow internet connection or turn simple documents into large files, when you include photos. You will therefore need to compress them before you can send them by email, insert them into a document or upload them onto a website.

The common picture viewing applications are Office Picture Manager, Photo Editor and Paint, for those using Windows, but there are similar applications for the different distributions of Linux and the process to compress photos is similar.

1. Office Picture Manager: Open the photo file using Office Picture Manager or Photo Editor and click “Picture” in the top menu, then select “Resize”. In the resize percentage field provided, you can then compress the file to as low as 25% of its current size. Save the compressed file with a new name if you want to keep a copy of the original file size and then close to see the new file size. Note: Repeat the process if you want to make the file even smaller.
   
   
2. Paint: Open the photo file using Paint and click “Image” in the top menu, then select “Stretch/Skew”. In the stretch and skew fields provided, reduce the values from 100% to as low as 25%. To avoid distorting the photo, ensure that you have the same value for the horizontal and vertical size. Save the compressed file with a new name if you want to keep a copy of the original file size and then close to see the new file size. Note: Repeat the process if you want to make the file even smaller.