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Slide Show
You can create a slide show of your image files by clicking on the Menu Item Slide Show. A slide show menu bar will appear at the top left part of your screen. Most of the menu items are self-explanatory. The three items before the Exit are from left to right, Play Audio, Show Description, and Options. Clicking on the options brings up a new Slide Show Options list.

You can show on the screen the description you wrote previously. I found the slide show a very useful tool in reviewing images after I had transferred them from the digital camera.

Automatic image information storage
Gives image information (stores the EXIF information) from each picture including date taken, file size and any changes to the image.

Adding Keywords
It is easy to attach keywords and other information to the photos so that your photos are organized and easily found. In the screen shot you can see that the highlighted picture is titled George-July 2001 and there is a description within Image Description. In order to add this information it is necessary to click on the tab at the left entitled Info. To add a Keyword, click on the tab entitled Keywords. There are default keywords. Under Subject->People you can see more defaults. For the file entitled George-July2001 I will select the keyword Grandkids.

Searching
There are two ways in which to search for a picture: by Keyword or by searching the Image Description. To find a picture, click on the tab entitled Search. A new information window will appear. You can search either the Image Description or the Image Title. Let’s search the Description by typing in magazine article, then click Search. The picture(s) that match that description will be placed in the right hand window.

You can also search by file information. Among some of the more useful searches are Type of file and Image Taken Within. Sometimes you are just looking for an image and can’t remember it’s name, but you know you made a TIFF file. I can remember about when I took the picture, but can’t remember where I put it. When I use the search description Image Taken Within I can search from within 1 day all the way to within 6 months.

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