Using Vista’s online print-ordering service

The rise of digital photography has heralded a wave of new services and facilities. There’s colourful Windows’ wallpaper that can be created with a mouse click or two, online services like Flickr and Facebook that make it easy to share photos with friends around the world, programs that can be used to create gift CDs of family and holiday photos, or slideshows that can run on anyone’s PC – or be copied to a memory card and enjoyed in a digital TV or photo frame.But despite all these electronic ways to share photos, some people still like to see their pictures as traditional paper prints. Vista includes an electronic alternative that makes it simple to buy prints of your favourite digital photos from the Windows Desktop – here’s how it works.Photo printing in Windows XP Using Windows XP? Open any folder with photos in it and then click the Order prints online link in the Picture Tasks panel on the left. This loads the Online Print Ordering Wizard – just follow the instructions to order photo prints online. The process is very similar to the one described below for Windows Vista.