Saving pictures or documents

Knowing how to use your device one step at a time

Overview of today

• Saving an image from the internet
• Saving to appropriate places
• Downloading a document (or image)
• Attaching to an email

Saving an image from the internet

If you would like to find a specific image to save to your computer, search up by entering the keywords of what you want on google.com

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After you have entered your keywords, click the images option under the search bar at the top of your screen

• This will filter your search to only show images of what you want

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Click the image you would like to save and it will enlarge the image to the right of your screen

Saving an image from the internet

Right-click the enlarged image to show a menu and click Save image as…

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A new window will appear to choose where to save the image

• Choose the appropriate place you would like to save it in (desktop, downloads, documents, pictures, etc.)
• Give the image a name (file name at the bottom) and click save

Downloading from the internet

We often find ourselves being asked to download this or that as per the suggestions of someone else. To download something (program, application, document, etc.) follow these steps:

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1. Navigate to what you would like to download
1. You may have to “google” the specific item to download
2. Once you have found what you are looking for, look for either the word or button to download or the download icon
3. Click the applicable option and you will shortly see the download begin and the progress at the bottom left of your screen (on google chrome)

***If a new window appears, skip to step 5

Downloading from the internet

• Once the download is complete, you can open it by clicking the finished download at the bottom of your screen�
• If a new window appears when you click download, choose an appropriate place and name to download it to, similar to saving an image.

***If you would happen to lose it and you would like to access the downloaded item again without downloading it another time, follow these steps:

1. Open your file explorer
2. Navigate to the Downloads section (left side of the file explorer)
3. You will find the downloaded item there

Attaching an image, document, etc. to an email

1. First, navigate to your email and sign-in if necessary
2. Compose a new email and write your email as normal (To, Subject, Body)
3. Now to attach something, find the paper clip icon
4. Click the paper clip icon, it should open a new window to select a file from your computer. Click and open the desired file and it will load onto your email
5. You can attach multiple files (images, documents, etc.) to a single email before sending the email

Summary

To save an image

• Right-click image → Save image as… → choose file location and name → save

To download

• Click download or download icon OR choose file location and name and click save

To attach to email

• Compose and write email as usual → attach / paper clip icon → choose desired file(s) → open → send email

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