Windows XP Professional Product Documentation > Music, video, games, and photos > Video > Photos and other digital images

To view pictures as a filmstrip

1.

Open My Pictures

2.

On the View menu, click Filmstrip.

You can use the filmstrip toolbar buttons to select the previous and next pictures in the filmstrip or work with the selected picture. The following table describes these buttons.

Click this button	Called	To do this	Or, press these keyboard keys
	Previous image	Go to the previous page in this folder. If you are viewing the first image in the folder, this button is inactive.	LEFT ARROW
	Next image	Go to the next page in this folder.	RIGHT ARROW
	Rotate clockwise	Rotate the image by 90 degrees clockwise.	CTRL+K
	Rotate counter-clockwise	Rotate the image by 90 degrees counter-clockwise.	CTRL+L

Note

•	To open My Pictures, click Start, and then click My Pictures.
•	Click a picture to select it. Double-click a picture to see a preview of it in the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer.
•	You can view your pictures as a filmstrip in any My Pictures subfolder or any folder customized as a pictures folder.

Related Topics

•	Change the appearance of a single folder
•	View your pictures as a slide show
•	View files and folders as thumbnails
•	Viewing files and folders overview
•	Windows Picture and Fax Viewer overview