Photo Album - How to Insert Entire FOLDER Contents?

[Jim In Minneapolis]

Hi. Can anybody answer 2 beginner "Photo Album" questions ? (PP 2007):

(a) How can I "select" an ENTIRE FOLDER's contents to be inserted as
individual slides, into my new Photo Album? (There are around 2,000 jpg
images in the folder -- way too many to "click" and select individually!)

(b) How can I create a "caption" (or whatever I should call it) at the
BOTTOM of each slide, which displays the actual file name for that slide?
(i.e. "MyParisPhoto1.jpg")

Thanks

 

[Glen Millar]

Jim,

1. Select one image and use the shortcut key <control + A>.
2. Go to the slide master and move the title placeholder to the bottom. That
will change it on all slides currently built. From memory View| Master|
Slide Master in versions before 2007.

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Glen Millar
Microsoft PPT MVP

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[Ute Simon]

(a) How can I "select" an ENTIRE FOLDER's contents to be inserted as

individual slides, into my new Photo Album? (There are around 2,000 jpg
images in the folder -- way too many to "click" and select individually!)

(b) How can I create a "caption" (or whatever I should call it) at the
BOTTOM of each slide, which displays the actual file name for that slide?
(i.e. "MyParisPhoto1.jpg")

Open the dialog box to select the images. Press Ctrl+A to select all. Or
select blocks of files by using the Shift key (click on the first, hold
Shift, click on the last of a block within the list) or the Ctrl key (hold
Ctrl, click on file names to select). Then click OK to insert all selected
images at once. BUT: 2000 jpgs will produce a very large presentation, make
sure that your computer can handle such large files.

You can automatically insert the file name at the bottom of the slide if you
chose a layout with an image which does not fill the whole slide.

Best regards,
Ute

 

[Peter]

Hi Jim in Minneapolis

(a) Press File/Disk and navigate into the folder, then click on one
picture, then type Ctrl-A (for all). Click Insert.

(b) Choose a picture layout like 1 Picture or 1 Picture with title.
Click the "Captions below ALL pictures box" then create your photo
album.

Hope this helps

Regards,
Peter in Auckland (NZ)

 

[Jim In Minneapolis]

Thank you all for your wonderful help.

Great answers . . . and they all worked!

Jim