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Add Button
- opens the standard Windows Open dialog box so you can add your
own images to the current category. To add,select one or mo re images from the
Open dialog box and click “Open”. Slides of these images will be automatically added
to the current category.
Tip: To select multiple sequential images, click on the first filename,hold down
your Shift key, then click on the last filename. To select multiple non-sequential
images, click on one o f the filenames,hold down your Ctrl key, then click on all other
filenames.
Acquire Button
- opens the Select Source dialog box so you can acquire images into the
current category. To acquire images,select your digital camera,scanner or other TWAIN
device from the Select Source dialog box and click “Select”. Acquiring options specific to
that device will appear. (For more information, consult the manual that came with the
device.) Once the image(s) are acquired,they will be added to the current category.
Delete Button
- deletes the selected photo slide(s) from the current category.
Tip: To select multiple sequential slides, click on the first slide,hold down your
Shift key, then click on the last slide. To select multiple non-sequential slides, click
on one of the slides,hold down your Ctrl key, then click on all other slides.
Okay Button
- returns you to the Main Screen and places your selected photo in the
specified mask (1,2 or 3) in the Main Display Area.
Cancel Button
- returns you to the Main Screen, without placing the sele cted photo in
the Main Display Area.
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Photo Display Area
- displays your selected photo.
Photo Category Menu
- provides a list o f available photo categories. The “Sample
Photos” category comes automatically installed with your program and contains sample
images for you to use. To make your own category of photos, choose the “[New]” option
from the list.A new, empty category to which you can add your own photos will be
displayed. The default name will b e “Untitled-#”. To rename the category, highlight and
type over its title. To add photos to the current category, click the Add or Acquire
button.
Note: The “[New]” option will always be available so you can create new cat egories
at any time.
“photo slides”
- small, visual representations of actual image files. The purpose of these
slides is to make it easy f or you to find and view your images. By positioning your curso r
over a slide, you can see the filename o f the image. By dragging and dropping a slide to a
different location within the same cat egory, you can organize your slides. To create a new
photo slide,use the Add and Acquire buttons. To browse through the slides, click the
up/down arrows. To select a photo, just click on the corresponding slide,and the photo
will appear in the Photo Display Area.
IMPORTANT! By deleting a slide’s corresponding image file or moving the image
file to a new location, you remove the link between the file and the slide. This
means you can no longer open the file by clicking on its original slide.Likewise,if
you click on a thumbnail to o pen an image on a flo ppy, be sure the floppy is in the
drive. Otherwise, your system will give you an error message stating it cannot find
and open the image file.
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