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Displaying several images in one window

You can display more than one image file in a window. When a window contains more than one image, its sidebar contains a thumbnail image for each image file. Selecting the thumbnail displays its image.

To display a slideshow of images, you must first open images in one window.

Preview can automatically display more than one image in a window, or you can add images to an existing window.

To display more than one image in a window:

Step 1

Choose Preview > Preferences, and click Images.

Step 2

Select an option under “When opening images”:

Open all images in one window: Uses one window for all image files you open in Preview.

Open groups of images in the same window: Uses a separate window for each group of image files you open in Preview.

Open each image in its own window: Uses one window for each image file.

To open a group of image files, do one of the following:

In the Finder, select their icons and drag them to the Preview icon.

In Preview, choose File > Open and select several image files or a folder of image files.

To add images to an existing window, drag images to the window’s sidebar.

These options don’t affect how Preview displays a PDF file. Each PDF file is always displayed in its own window.

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