thumbnails in powerpoint 2002

Steve Rindsberg

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Mar 21, 2002, 1:05:14 AM3/21/02

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> Does anyone know how to make thumbnails image appear when
> you are inserting a picture into slides? I can only get
> BMP images to show automatically in thumbnails, JPG or
> GIF only show the icon for the thumbnail.

I'm getting a *preview* of most graphics types, all of those included, but
thumbnails is grayed out in the view options no matter what.

Something tells me we're talking about different things, though.

michael

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Mar 21, 2002, 10:26:17 AM3/21/02

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sounds like the same thing. When I go to insert pictures
into a slide, it allow you to display your choices in
preview mode or thumbnail view. Preview mode works, but
thumbnail does not.

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michael

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Mar 21, 2002, 10:26:12 AM3/21/02

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sounds like the same thing. When I go to insert pictures
into a slide, it allow you to display your choices in
preview mode or thumbnail view. Preview mode works, but
thumbnail does not.

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Steve Rindsberg

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Mar 21, 2002, 2:56:55 PM3/21/02

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> sounds like the same thing. When I go to insert pictures
> into a slide, it allow you to display your choices in
> preview mode or thumbnail view. Preview mode works, but
> thumbnail does not.

Grayed out there too?

OK. I give. What's it SUPPOSED to do? Somebody? Anybody?

Echo S

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Mar 21, 2002, 3:25:29 PM3/21/02

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I don't even *have* a thumbnail option when I do Insert/Picture/From File. I
have List, Details, Properties and Preview...but no Thumbnail.

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Sonia

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Mar 21, 2002, 4:16:59 PM3/21/02

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PPT 2002, Windows XP, Insert > Picture > Picture from File. A dialog comes
up titled "Insert Picture" and lists down the left side the standard places
and userdefinedplaces. Are we on the same page so far? BTW, my preference
is "Details".

I can right click in the file list/icon area and hover over View and a pop
up shows me Thumbnails, Tiles, Icons, List, Details. The default view,
according to Q282087, is supposed to be a setting in the Registry. However,
in my case, it doesn't seem to work for, e.g. My Documents, because the
Registry value is 2 (details), but I get thumbnails. The setting is in
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Common\Open
Find\Places\StandardPlaces\MyDocuments - - Value name=View, Value data=2,
Type=REG_DWORD.

Note: View values are 1=List, 2=Details, 3=Summary, 4=Preview. So what
happened to Tile, Icon, Thumbnails?

The way I have combatted the above is to make my own places. So I have
place0, place1, place2 with View set to 2 and they all default to Details.
These settings stick between open/close of PPT.

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Steve Rindsberg

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Mar 21, 2002, 11:18:12 PM3/21/02

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> PPT 2002, Windows XP, Insert > Picture > Picture from File. A dialog
comes
> up titled "Insert Picture" and lists down the left side the standard
places
> and userdefinedplaces. Are we on the same page so far?

Yup.

>BTW, my preference
> is "Details".

Ditto.

> I can right click in the file list/icon area and hover over View and a pop
> up shows me Thumbnails, Tiles, Icons, List, Details.

Figures. I do that, get "Large icons, Small icons, List, Details.

Sometimes I wonder if XP isn't some kind of gummint-mandated Tech Support
Full Employment Act.
But if I drop down the icondropdownthing to the left of Tools on the bar at
the top of the d'log, I get all those choices plus Properties and Preview
(lit/available) and Thumbnails and Webview (grayed out, no can do)

Approaching chaos at an ever accelerating rate,