How to View Photos Opened in Internet Explorer 8

Internet Explorer comes standard with Windows.

Opening photos in Internet Explorer 8 is simple because Internet Explorer 8 was designed to view pictures. Internet Explorer supports photos of all the most popular file formats such as JPEG, GIF and BMP. Internet Explorer 8 can open very high resolution files and large image files, even files that are over 50MB in size. Large photos are automatically scaled down to a resolution supported by the screen but they can be magnified to their original size by simply clicking on the image.

Instructions

1. Click the Windows orb, "Program Files," and then "Internet Explorer" to launch the program.

2. Enter in the URL or address of the photo in Internet Explorer's address bar. Press "Enter" on the keyboard and the photo is displayed in Internet Explorer.

3. Click "File," then "Open" to open an image file from the hard drive of the computer. An explorer window appears. Navigate to the image file on the hard drive and double-click it. The image file opens in Internet Explorer.

4. Right-click anywhere on an image displayed in Internet Explorer to bring up a menu box. Click "Save Picture As." This brings up a "Save" dialog box. Enter in the file name of the photo, or use the default file name. Select a directory in which to save the file and then click "Save."

References

• Malek Tips: Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 Help and Tips
• Microsoft Support: Support for Internet Explorer 7, 8, and 9 Technical Problems
• Windows: Internet Explorer Help & How-to