There isn't an easy way in Word itself, but there is a way.
Get a copy of the free graphics editor IrfanView (http://www.irfanview.com).
Use its batch processing dialog to create the thumbnails by resizing each
picture and saving it as a new file in another folder. Then you can just
insert the thumbnails into a Word document.
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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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