Creating your own preview with ACDSee Photo Manager

This can be done in a few easy steps.  You can either choose all images in a kit, or just a few (like 9) that represent the kit.

1. Select your images that you would like to go into the preview.  (Hold down the ctrl key to select multiple images scattered throughout.)
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3. Go to Tools | Create Contact Sheet
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5. Now you can change the settings.  The most important thing is to make sure you preview has all the images on ONE page and are fairly big.
1. So adjust the number of columns and rows:
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3. Right underneath I reduce the spacing to 10 x 10 so there is little white space.  (This step is only done once and the settings will be remembered.)
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5. Click on the browse button to give my file a name.  (If you selected the images as described above, the current folder should be where the images are located.) 
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7. You can also change the size in the Page Size.  Most previews are 500×500 or 600×600.   (This step is only done once and the settings will be remembered.)
8. Click OK
6. And now you have a preview that gives you an idea of what the kit looks like:

After you make a contact sheet your settings will be remembered.   Then your steps come down to:

1. Select images
2. Select Tools | Create Contact Sheet
3. Click Browse to Name Contact Sheet
4. Click OK

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