How do I make a "contact sheet" of photos?

Alex

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Jan 31, 2009, 10:47:00 AM1/31/09

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Is there a way to make a table and automatically insert photos from a folder?

Jay Freedman

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Jan 31, 2009, 11:12:26 AM1/31/09

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On Sat, 31 Jan 2009 07:47:00 -0800, Alex <Al...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Is there a way to make a table and automatically insert photos from a folder?

There's a much easier way than using Word. Download the free program IrfanView
(www.irfanview.com). On the file menu, click Thumbnails. Choose the folder,
select the pictures you want, and click File > Create contact sheet. It also has
lots of options for picture size, additional text, etc.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill

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Jan 31, 2009, 11:42:49 AM1/31/09

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That sounds cool! I've been meaning to get around to getting Irfanview for
years, and that might be what would push me over the top to finally do it.

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Alex

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Jan 31, 2009, 1:49:01 PM1/31/09

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Thanks, Jay.
I've been using Irfan and the contact sheet printer works great for image
files. I guess I asked the wrong question though. What I really want to do
is print a contact sheet of the thumbnails in a folder containing many file
types such as Word documents, photos, Powerpoints, etc. Any idea how to do
that? I appreciate your help!

Thanks,
Alex

Jay Freedman

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Jan 31, 2009, 2:08:13 PM1/31/09

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Do you mean you want your contact sheet to include, say, a thumbnail of each
Word document or other Office document, as well as thumbnails of graphics files?
If that's what you're after, no, I don't know how to do that, in Word or in any
other program.

Alex

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Jan 31, 2009, 2:21:01 PM1/31/09

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Yes, Jay, that's what I want to do--print a thumbnail view of all the files
in a given folder.

I've got a real cumbersome workaround: convert all documents to PDF then
open them in Adobe and save as JPG. It takes time so I was hoping for a
quick and easy solution!

Thanks for your help!
Alex

Jay Freedman

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Jan 31, 2009, 2:31:09 PM1/31/09

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There is another possibility. The SnagIt program (www.techsmith.com) can take a
screen capture and save it directly as a JPG. I haven't played with this aspect
of the program enough to know whether it can automatically size the image while
it's saving it, but I wouldn't be surprised if it can -- it's a very versatile
program. You can download a time-limited trial version from the website to see
what it can do.

Alex

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Jan 31, 2009, 7:58:01 PM1/31/09

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Jay,
Thanks for the tip. I'll try Snagit.

Alex

Graham Mayor

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Feb 1, 2009, 2:30:05 AM2/1/09

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You could bear in mind that Windows Picture and Fax viewer can produce such
contacts sheets without the need for further software ;)

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Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
> That sounds cool! I've been meaning to get around to getting
> Irfanview for years, and that might be what would push me over the
> top to finally do it.
>

Suzanne S. Barnhill

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Feb 1, 2009, 11:49:21 AM2/1/09

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Office Picture Manager can do some things, too, but it isn't very flexible.
I'm not familiar with the Picture and Fax Viewer; where do I find that?

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Graham Mayor

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Feb 2, 2009, 2:32:30 AM2/2/09

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It is the default tool Windows Explorer uses in Windows XP to display
images. If the file allocation has been reassigned to another application,
right click an image and open with Windows Picture and Fax Viewer. Click the
print button to access a raft of options in the Photo Printing wizard.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
> Office Picture Manager can do some things, too, but it isn't very
> flexible. I'm not familiar with the Picture and Fax Viewer; where do
> I find that?
>

Suzanne S. Barnhill

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Feb 2, 2009, 10:29:30 AM2/2/09

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Okay, it seems to invoke the same printing wizard as MOPM, which would
explain why you can print from MOPM in Windows XP but not in Windows 2000
(because MOPM in XP uses the printing wizard from the Picture and Fax
Viewer).

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