Changing picture formats on PC

[jeanette1976]

A friend of mine took pictures on his new digital camera and i tried to download them via a memory stick to my PC, where i saved them to a folder in my desktop.

Problem is, when i tried to view them, the symbol of each pic is 'e', which i thought i would be able to open using internet explorer but it wouldn't. I tried to go to 'open with image viewer' but unrecognised. So I tried to open in word but it still wouldn't.

How can i view these pic, preferably in Word. Then i can just stretch to fit pag and print, no need for good quality as i'm just drawing them rough.

Many thanks!

Jeanette x

[VHG]

Most digital pictures downloaded to a PC become jpg (jpeg) files. Your computer should be able to handle these.

But they can also sometimes "convert" into other formats, like bmp (bitmap).

If your files are bitmap that may be causing your problem.

Can you find out what type of files they are, maybe if you hover the mouse over one of them it may tell you, if not right click on it and look at the propterties.

[Fitzer]

What type of files are they, what is the suffix on them, if they were taken with an SLR or an advanced point and shoot they could be RAW files (that wouldn't be the suffix by the way) which aren't viewable by most picture viewers. If this is the case you would need the camera manufacturers software to convert them to jpgs or any other standard format. There are other converters but since the necessary software will have come with the camera it's your best bet.

[VHG]

Trouble is depending how she has Windows set up she may not see the suffix.

By default the suffix is not shown and you have to change a folder option to see it.