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    - TWO + WASTED DAYS! I spent the last 2 + days editing a movie using Movie Maker. Only experienced about 9 system lock-ups, strange happenings, etc. which I consider successful for this piece of $#&* code. Well the last error "LOST ALL MY WORK", prior to that I would either restart the system or MM, the system would start and ask about a file that was saved, nice touch. It appears what has happened was at the previous restart and file message, after restoring the saved file, MM erased the backup file, ergo no backup until another automatic save. I have had it with this product. Approximately 19 hours down the drain. Does anyone know of fixes for MM, or any other product that can at least stay up and run. Tag: tasks Tag: 48895
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    - Only audio, no video. I have a mpg video file that plays fine in any other media player (Windows Media Player, RealOne, etc.) When I play it in Windows Movie Maker, only the audio plays, but never any video. Any suggestions? Tag: tasks Tag: 48894
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    - It keeps Crashing EventType : BEX P1 : moviemk.exe P2 : 2.0.3312.0 P3 : 3e038613 P4 : comctl32.dll P5 : 6.0.2900.2180 P6 : 4110968c P7 : 0004e183 P8 : c0000409 P9 : 00000000 is what the error messaage is. I've done the things on papajohn.org but that didn't help. Anyone know what else could be the problem? Tag: tasks Tag: 48893
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    - Importing Video Frame Sequences Is it possible to import sequentially numbered *.tga or *.bmp file sequences as a video clip? -- SceneWerks Tag: tasks Tag: 48892
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    - Moved files and now movie won't play - please help!!! I am working with Windows Movie Maker. It seems that anytime we try to move the movie (and clips) to a different location from the one in which it was created, it will not run (Xs replace the individual clips). It seems that the program is still trying to find the files from their original source (e.g., if we move the files from the C: to the H: including all of the clips in the movie, Movie Maker is still trying to run each clip from the C:). Any suggestions on how we might get around this problem? -- if you can''t be a positive example, at least be a horrible warning! Tag: tasks Tag: 48888
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    - Moving Clips To Storyboard When moving clips to storyboard something strange has started to happen. The clips, when moved, now appear upside down and nothing seems to correct this action. Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated! Neville Tag: tasks Tag: 48887
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    - DVD Burning I tried to burn a DVD and got a failure. I used a Maxell DVD+RW "Up to 4X, 4.7GB 2 hrs." I tried again using Maxell DVD-R "Up to 8X, 4.7GB 2 hrs." This was successful. I this because of the "4X" vs "8X?" or did it have something to do with the +RW vs -R? I asked Nero but it takes a week or two for them to answer.... Thanks, Doug Tag: tasks Tag: 48873
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    - video import i want to import .avi files to moviemaker ,but it says that i dont have the right codec for it. however i can still play the video in media player and Gspot says i have the right codec? wat should i do? Tag: tasks Tag: 48861
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    - video clip confusion I am trying to select clips from a video in order to use them in a powerpoint presentation. The problem is, MM2 picks the clips for me when I import the video. Is there a way for me to select my OWN clips from the video and save them individually for use in the powerpoint? If not, does anyone have any suggestions on a program that would do so? Tag: tasks Tag: 48857
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    - MPEG2 Not Windows Movie Maker choked when I imported an MPEG2 file. So I search Microsoft's support and found the note about WMM not be able to import MPEG2 files even if Windows Media Player could play them. It suggested that Windows Media Encoder would be able to convert the file. I downloaded and installed WME. I tried using the wizard but when I clicked on finish WME just disappeared. I then skipped the wizard and tried manually defining the input and conversion. When I hit apply WME hung. It would not repaint. It did respond to the minimize button but it would not close. When I tried using Task Manager to kill it the dialog box that asks if you want to send a report about why you had to kill a program popped up but WME didn't go away. It wasn't using any CPU cycles so I just minimized it until I could log out and reboot. The file was created on the same machine with Video Redo Plus editing a clip. I just wanted to convert it to an WMV file to put on a web site. I can run it through Nero first to convert to an MPEG1 but that shouldn't be necessary. Any idea on how to get either Windows Movie Maker or Windows Media Encoder to work with MPEG2 input would be appreciated. Tag: tasks Tag: 48855
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    - What to do if AV/DVI is like 14GB? I guess the question says it all? I don't want to lose quality, but...........? Tag: tasks Tag: 48852
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    - Save as .avi not dv-avi All the posts about avi files seem to relate to the dv-avi for use with camcorders. I just want to save my movie as an .avi file for storage on my CPU (without it being 40G). Is this possible? I have other feature length movies which are at most 1.5G and yet when I tried to join two 714M clips it was going to be nearly 40G to save as a dv-avi. Should I be using a different program if all I'm doing is joining seperated movie clips into a single file? Tag: tasks Tag: 48850
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    - firewire and WMM Hi, I'm new to WMM and to camcorders, and video in general. I have a brand new WinXP pro SP2 systyem. I just purchased a Panasonic PV-GS150--used. It appears to be in good shape. And I can record and transfer the video to WMM via usb just fine. But I also got a DV-firewire cable. When I try to transfer my video to WMM with the firewire connection, WMM says "A video capture device was not detected...." I called Panasonic techsupport and they told me that they didn't think the problem was in the camera but rather in the sdoftware. I am wondering if anyone else has had this problem? Is WMM capable of capturing video over a DV-firewire cable? I can live with the usb connection (USB 2.0) but isn't firewire faster? -- DW In the High Desert of Central Oregon Tag: tasks Tag: 48847
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    - Quick time files. Can I convert them so MM will accept? Sorry, think I put this in wrong thread by mistake. I have done some cinema 4D stuff (3d animation) for college. I wanted to edit and add music in Movie Maker. Despite assurances from lecturer that this was a universal format, the files that play in quick time wont go into Movie Maker. Can I convert them, and if so how? to a file format that will work. Preferably not involving downloading software. Any help appreciated, but idiot proof answers please. Thanks Tag: tasks Tag: 48840
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    - Capture Camera I can't get movie maker to recognise my camera. A Sony DCR-DVD101E. Any suggestions? -- A Novice from nowhere Tag: tasks Tag: 48826
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    - Won't make clips in captured DV-AVI file Hello! I captured video from a Sony digital camcorder, once in WMV and once in DV-AVI. MM created clips from the WMV file but won't from the DV-AVI file. Does anyone know what I can do about that? Thanks very much, -Mike Tag: tasks Tag: 48825
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    - No sound capturing AV from VCR Hi, I am new to Movie Maker and am becoming frustrated! Running XP MCE 2005 with Hauppauge 150MCE PCI card. I have connected a VCR to the AV inputs on the 150. Using the Hauppauge apps I can view and hear a playing tape. Using Movie Maker I can see the video but there is no sound. I have checked obvious things like volume control and worked through a lot of combinations of options in WMM. Can anyone suggest a way forward? -- Regards, Brian Tag: tasks Tag: 48824
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    - movie maker mess Hi, I am trying to make some dvd's of home videos to send overseas but everytime I choose the save to cd option it freezes at 58% (always!!) what can I do? Tag: tasks Tag: 48823
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    - help with movie maker! hi, after I edit my home movies and I decide I want to save the edited final copy to cd it starts... and ALWAYS freezes at 58%.. what am I doing wrong? I am trying to create some dvd's of home videos to send my my family in italy Tag: tasks Tag: 48822
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    - usb 2.0 port cannot find the dvd maker is tevon VS-USB2800D FROM ALDI the pci card is installed the dvd maker came with software which is installed it working it shows up in device manger,under image device.iaso have a web cam and scanner in the pci ports which are working fine . thanks decoder. amarjit Tag: tasks Tag: 48821
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    - WMM 2 shuts down after I start it I just downloaded this software and everytime I start it, I get an error stating that WMM has encountered a problem and needs to close. I keep trying in hope that it will work. I am really interested in using this program since i just purchased a digital video camera! HELP! Tag: tasks Tag: 48820
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    - Effects and Transitions Missing Hi! When I open Windows Movie Maker, a popup indicates that: "File for Effects and Transitions is Missing" I no longer have any transitions or effects... Gerry Tag: tasks Tag: 48819
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    - Audio filter for reducing rumble or hiss? I am looking for an audio filter to reduce / remove an occasional rumble and a constant background hiss from a movie. I would like one that I can use within Movie Maker, but if I cannot find one I could run a clean up on the finished WMV file. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks in advance, Dave Tag: tasks Tag: 48818
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    - Max file size of video clip Is there a max size limitation to the clips that MM will allow to be imported? Tag: tasks Tag: 48815
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    - Need to freeze a moving clip I am trying to figure out how to pause, freeze or hold still an image from a movie clip. I'd like to freeze a frame and hold it for a few seconds before transitioning to the next scene. How do I do this? Tag: tasks Tag: 48811
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    - Why does my movie have black spots in it? Look here for example. Just watch the whole thing. Why is there black gaps, but the music is sill playing? http://www.sendspace.com/file/8bbdpt Tag: tasks Tag: 48797
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    - How can I convert videos I bought a brand new computer yesterday and am trying to learn about Windows Movie Maker. My question is how can I convert files into appropriate format in order to burn them to DVD . . . any suggestions and general help would be grately appreciated! :) Thanks. Tag: tasks Tag: 48795
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    - Missing Audio Tracks Can anyone explain where my audio tracks are? I have sound and I have the audio and audio/music boxes displayed in my storyboard work area, but there are no tracks inside them. They are blank. It is hard to edit sound without those tracks. I am using version 2.1 Tag: tasks Tag: 48794
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    - Can I turn a Power point presentation into a movie? I created a really cool power point presentation. Now I want to burn it to DVD format. How? If I thought I could import the presentation to Movie Maker, but .ppt is not an acceptable format for MM. How can I turn a power point presentation with transitions into a movie? Tag: tasks Tag: 48793
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    - Dell Inspiron, external dell tv tuner, want to capture but not... I have a Dell 9300 (inspiron) with their external tv tuner, and media center. I get the video from my sat no problem through the system, but want to capture some video through this device. I get the error many others have noted: "Video Device is currently in use, yada yada" Will not movie maker do this for me? I figured it was simply another device. BTW: there are no firewire ports on the Dell external TV tuner. It is USB only. -- skiph Tag: tasks Tag: 48783
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    - Crashes every time Every time I try and open Movie Maker it just crashes. I have tried an update but it just takes me to Windows update site it does a check of my computer but it will not update Movie Maker. I'm running Windows Media Center XP on A HP Digital Entertainment Center Z540 Anybody have any ideas Tag: tasks Tag: 48777
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    - pictures missing in emailed movie I tried to eamil a saved project file but the pictures and audio had an X. How do you save the file so that it does not use your computer as the source. I am a novice , so be patient Tag: tasks Tag: 48774
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    - **WMM FORMAT** Finally at last. . .a breakthrough. I would like to thank everyone for their input. I got most of all my needed information from other people's post's. Thank you guys so much too! Guess i got lucky and ended up on a Ulead site and downloaded Ulead videostudio 9. WAA-LAA! I am the proud owner of 2, 1 hour plus videos burned to DVD disc that worked on both my home players. My process was importing all my footage into WMM. . .edited into a movie. . .saved to my hard drive, via high quality(large)video format. . .picked up finished movie project by Uleads videostudio 9 for final edit and burn. "whew" Exhausting, but i am way stoked man! Now if i can get some input on how to manipulate the burning process to where it doesnt take to long. Both of my projects combined took like 18 hours to burn. Did i hear by lowering the bit rate or something like that? Do you lose quality? Now that i have my technique and system down. . .do i start saving in DV/AVI? Damn those files are HUGE!!! -- Thanx!!! Tag: tasks Tag: 48773
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    - English for WMM in Foreign Language XP OS I know language packs exist for Movie Maker in the English version of XP SP2. I want an English language pack for MM in a non-English version of XP. Does one exist? Tag: tasks Tag: 48772
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    - File size Limitiations of WMM 2.1 Does anyone know what the limitation of WMM 2.1 is as far as how big a project can be before the project can not be save to my computer? The project I am having problems with is 3.5meg in size (Project size not the size of the clips) the overall length is just under 50 mins Tag: tasks Tag: 48771
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    - cannot find 2.0 high speed port i have two usb ports in the front and two in the back of the tower windowsxp and a new usb 2.0 high speed internal PCI card,when i plug my dvd maker in any of ports iget a massage 1,unknown device 2,this device can perform faster if you connet it toa high speed usb 2.0 port which i cannot find,please help -- amarjit Tag: tasks Tag: 48770
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    - Trying to locate saved Credits I have worked on a project and added credits at the end. This took me a lot of time as the credits were many and I was very pleased with the results. I have a lot of similar projects and would like to locate this particular project (cannot remember its name) so I could use (or copy) the same credits again without having to re-create the whole lot. Unfortunately, I cannot remember the name of the project but I DO remember some of the text in the credits. Is there a place where WMM saves credits or a way to make a search with a couple of words from those particular credits? Any help would be very much appreciated as I do not look forward to have to redo the whole lot again. Thanks. Yappy Box Tag: tasks Tag: 48769
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    - Line In Doesn't Appear Anymore I used WMM for months, sending audio through line in and saving it as a wma file. I even wrote myself a word document listing the steps I needed to take to do the recording. Now when I start it up and try to record (via the narration recording feature) it doesn't list line in as a recording option on the appropriate sound device. I have no doubt I'm doing the recording process same as I always did with all the same choices made along the way. I can record via line in on voice recorder, so it seems the device is physically set up fine too. Is there any reason Line In wouldn't appear? And more importantly, can this be fixed? Tag: tasks Tag: 48764
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    - I have a mess on my hands 2 The Continue saga with my mess. I went back to my movie removed video effects and some transitions. This seems to help the video or sound from freezing to some degree. I found that if I delete the clip where the problem occurs and then place it back from the video clips on my collections that the problem stops. Can anyone tell me why this would be so? Why wound it affect the imported music? I still have a windows movie maker that is not allowing me the quick flexibility to switch from story line to the windows which shows the video,audio, and music. I have to shut the computer down and restart windows movie maker. Tonight Clicking on windows movie maker the program is refusing to come up. Tag: tasks Tag: 48762
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    - Converting a movie to play on a DVD player I need to convert a Movie Maker 2 file to some format that can be played on a DVD player. So far my attempts have created a CD that produces various clips that have the text that is too wide for the TV screen that I am using. I am a newbie to Windows Movie Maker and am sure this problem has come up several times for other members of this newsgroup. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have downloaded the TMPGEnc free converter and have Nero 7 Ultra Edition software. Tag: tasks Tag: 48761
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    - Help Please-WMM I am trying to make a presentation on Tuesday using Windows Movie Maker. It stops responding and needs to shut down after just a couple minutes. What's going on? Does anyone know? Any help would be great Tag: tasks Tag: 48760
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    - File size I'm really confused on how to put a movie up on the web so that someone can link and open. I have a movie that is just over 3 minutes long. Saving it to Video for broadband at 540 kps results in a .wmv file of 12,812 kb. I've tried to upload this to my Earthlink host several times, and it just won't upload. The only think I can think of is that the file's too big. Are there suggested file sizes for .wmv's? If the file is too large, can it be compressed? -- Tony Cooper Orlando, FL Tag: tasks Tag: 48750
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    - Extracting audio Hi ... Newbie here. I did search for this but didn't exactly find what I was looking for, SO ~ here goes. How do I extract audio from a video clip, for use elsewhere in my movie? I tried right-clicking on the audeio portion of the clip in the timeline and choosing copy - thinking I could paste it elsewere - in my collections or on my hard drive - but that doesn't seem to work. What I have is a home movie, and there is a portion of audio in one of my clips I'd like to put at the start of the movie, with the title, before the music starts. Can someone give me a clue? Thanks! Tag: tasks Tag: 48747
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    - WMM hangs after X MB usage Why will MovieMaker just hang indefenitely after capturing approx 25 images (<20Mb), or after approx 10 minutes? I already divide my albums into portions of no more than 25 foto's; frequently less. When I use WMM I save every 2 images in order not to lose work. And even then, WMM will just stop responding after -let's say- 5 minutes of work. Only remedy is abort job via task manager and start all over. I use XP HE SP2, 512MB ram (usage 250-330Mb though) AMD 1800Mhz processor. So specs are OK, program is not. (by the way, my brother is experiencing the same, so I assume more people have the same issue). Who can help just to make WMM not hanging? Tag: tasks Tag: 48746
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    - Freezing at 99% I am using Windows Movie maker for school projects and i am having a hard time imorting files from Sony Picture Pacakge to Windows Movie Maker. Whenever I try to import movies into Windows Movie Maker, it gets to about 99%, and then the program just freezes. I am using a Sony DCR-DVD103 with Sony picture package v1.8, and the version of windows Movie maker that came with my Windows. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling both Sony picture package, and Windows movie maker, but nothing seemed to work. Tag: tasks Tag: 48744
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    - Importing video: HOW? Please bear with me as I have no idea what I am doing yet...I am trying to import several different video projects into Windows Movie Maker (to make a reel out of finished videos) and each one I try has got no file to choose when the import file box pops up. I see that the files are there but they must not be of the file type supported (?), so I have nothing available to select. I see some IFO, and BUP files, and some that say "power DVD" under them. Do I have to convert some of these to AVI? If so which ones do I want to convert? A couple of the DVD's have several different videos on them, but two have only one video. I don't understand... Tag: tasks Tag: 48738
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    - Saving my movie I have been working on a movie since August and now I have finished and I need to save it as one complete file. However since then we have bought a new computer and though i copied the movie clips i was using onto the new computer they are obviously not in the same place as when i first added them so now it won't save, is tyhere anyway to get round this problem? Tag: tasks Tag: 48736
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    - Audio and music Can't add audio/music to my Moviemaker compilation. It used to work, but not anymore... Who can help? Tag: tasks Tag: 48728
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    - movie for web viewing I have about a 4 minute movie made with WMM that I would like to post a link to on the web. What is the best format to save it to for web viewing so everyone can open it? -- Tony Cooper Orlando, FL Tag: tasks Tag: 48727
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    - Cant save Movies correctly, please help me Hallo all together. I have a Problem with the Windows Movie Maker, especially with saving movies. When i want to save a movie on my computer, or a CD, it goes well to about 30% and then the proceed gets much faster. The result of that is, that my 6minutes and 40 seconds Video only shows about 2 minutes and then its over. I dont know what to do, i tried to change the resolution, needed disc space but it doesnt help. The only option where i say the whole movie was a 2mb big movie with a quality that was....well i think you all know what i mean. Tag: tasks Tag: 48726

please in the menu, i dont se ''tasks anymore..'' how can i put this function
again?? i cant put titles, transitions, this type of thing..
thanks

Re: tasks by John

John
Tue Mar 14 19:59:35 CST 2006

Maria wrote:
> please in the menu, i dont se ''tasks anymore..'' how can
> i put this function again?? i cant put titles,
> transitions, this type of thing..
> thanks
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Try clicking the "Tasks" button on your toolbar.

Also...try going to...View / Task Pane.

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Re: tasks by dotty

dotty
Tue Apr 25 18:20:01 CDT 2006

"John Inzer" wrote:

> Maria wrote:
> > please in the menu, i dont se ''tasks anymore..'' how can
> > i put this function again?? i cant put titles,
> > transitions, this type of thing..
> > thanks
> ===================================
> Try clicking the "Tasks" button on your toolbar.
>
> Also...try going to...View / Task Pane.
>
> --
>
> John Inzer
> MS Picture It! MVP
>
> Digital Image
> Highlights and FAQs
> http://tinyurl.com/aczzp
>
> Making Good Newsgroup Posts
> http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>
>
>
>

I am having trouble with the task pane also and I look at the toolbar and it
isn't there ????

Re: tasks by John

John
Tue Apr 25 19:13:19 CDT 2006

dotty wrote:
> I am having trouble with the task pane also and I look at
> the toolbar and it isn't there ????
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If you do not see the toolbar...
try going to...View / Toolbar.

--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! MVP

Digital Image
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