Creating Pdf Slideshows - Adobe PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 2 User Manual

Creating contact sheets
By displaying a series of thumbnail previews on a
single page, contact sheets let you easily preview
and catalog groups of images. You can automati-
cally create and place thumbnails on a page using
the Contact Sheet command.
Note: Make sure that the images are closed before
applying this command.
To create a contact sheet:
Choose File > Print Layouts > Contact Sheet.
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Click Browse (Windows) or Choose (Mac OS)
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to specify the folder containing the images you
want to use. Select Include All Subfolders to
include images inside any subfolders of the chosen
folder.
Under Document, specify the dimensions,
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resolution, and color mode for the contact sheet,
using the menus to specify measurement units.
Under Thumbnails, specify layout options for
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the thumbnail previews:
For Place, choose whether to arrange thumb-
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nails across first (from left to right, then top to
bottom) or down first (from top to bottom,
then left to right).
Enter the number of columns and rows that you
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want per contact sheet. The maximum dimen-
sions for each thumbnail are displayed to the
right, along with a visual preview of the
specified layout.
• Select Use Filename As Caption to label the
thumbnails using their source image filenames.
Use the menu to specify a caption font.
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5 Click OK to create the contact sheet.

Creating PDF slideshows

A great way to share your pictures is to export
them as a PDF slideshow. Photoshop Elements
generates a PDF file of the images you select that
plays like a slideshow when it's opened in Adobe
Acrobat.
PDF Slideshow dialog box
To create a PDF slideshow:
Choose File > Automation Tools > PDF
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Slideshow.
Click the Browse button to navigate to the files
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you want to include in the slideshow.
Click Add Open Files to add the active images to
the Source Files list.
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