Windows Live Movie Maker cuts the timeline view, focusing instead on arranging clips in a storyboard. Just drag and drop each clip and each image to place them in the desired order within the right pane. Since some video clips run too long, you'll need to trim them into shape.

Click a video clip to select it; then click the Edit tab at the top of the window, and click Trim. At this point, you can adjust the in- and out-point sliders (which govern the length of the clip, by trimming from one or both extremities) at the beginning and end of the timeline. Press the spacebar or click the Play icon to view a sample from the full clip, playing only between the edited points.

If you're satisfied, click Save and close to finish. You'll make the edit here, but the original video file will stay the same, in case you want to reimport it later.

You can expand or contract the length of time that an image shows, too. Within the Edit tab, click the photo and adjust the value for Duration. Click the Home tab to return to the main view.