If you want to edit images for your website, but don't know if you have the correct software, you can use Microsoft Photo Editor, the instructions below give step by step instructions on how to perform certain tasks.

Photo Editor can be used to rotate, crop, resize, lighten, change resolution, change file format of images and more.

1. Open Microsoft Photo Editor
2. From the File menu (or open icon), choose Open. Navigate to where you have your photos or images stored. Click on the one you want to open.
3. Click on the Rotate tool in the Toolbar
   
   
4. Click the Rotate tool until your image rotates to desired direction.

1. Open Microsoft Photo Editor
2. From the File menu (or open icon), choose Open. Navigate to where you have your photos or images stored. Click on the one you want to open.
3. Select the SELECT tool from the Toolbar
   
   
4. Click and drag to draw a selection rectange around the image you want to keep.
5. From the Image menu, choose CROP
   1. Select either rectangle or oval
   2. You can also select whether to round corners
   3. When you have made the selections you need, click OK.

Resize an Image

You can resize an image BUT REMEMBER, if you have a small image and you want to resize larger, the image may become pixelated or distorted because the resolution is too low to allow for resize. It's much better to have a large image that you resize smaller than to try to make a small image larger.

1. Open Microsoft Photo Editor
2. From the File menu (or open icon), choose Open. Navigate to where you have your photos or images stored. Click on the one you want to open.
3. From the Image menu, choose Resize
   1. You can enter width & height numbers or you can use percentages to resize. You can also select which unit of measurement to use - inches, centimeters or pixels.
   2. Do NOT check Allow distortion unless that is what you want. If you leave it blank, you can type in a number in the width and have it auto calculate what the height should be without distoring the image.

Change the File Format of an Image

There are different file formats for an image, i.e., JPEG, GIF, TIFF, BMP, and many more. JPEG is the one most used for photographs, GIF is the one most used for line art or clipart. You will want to use TIFF if you want to have a transparent background.

1. Open Microsoft Photo Editor
2. From the File menu (or open icon), choose Open. Navigate to where you have your photos or images stored. Click on the one you want to open.
3. From the File menu, choose SaveAs.
4. In the SaveAs dialog box, you can change the file format in the Save as Type box.