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<p>[QUOTE="Vess1, post: 389819, member: 13650"]As a side note, I thought I'd add that Excel is very convenient for storing pictures of your coins as well. I don't catalog every one but I do like having pictures of commemoratives and other special coins on it.</p><p> </p><p> I merge 3 cells in a column. Then merge 3 cells in the next column, to make two small squares side by side. I insert a pic of the obverse in one and the reverse in the other. These go to the left of my descriptions and other information. (It's up to you how many are worthy of spending the time on to do this. )</p><p> </p><p> This may sound really small, but just as you inserted the pics and shrink them to fit, you can grab a corner just as easily, and drag it out to see a huge, full screen pic of any of them at any time. When you're done with one, just go back up to edit, undo picture stretch, and it brings it right back to the original size you had without having to fiddle with it to make it fit again. This way you can store many images on your pages if you'd like but still be able to see thumbnails of the images.</p><p> </p><p> I like doing this because it's much easier to look at a picture on the computer than to take everything out to look at something.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Vess1, post: 389819, member: 13650"]As a side note, I thought I'd add that Excel is very convenient for storing pictures of your coins as well. I don't catalog every one but I do like having pictures of commemoratives and other special coins on it. I merge 3 cells in a column. Then merge 3 cells in the next column, to make two small squares side by side. I insert a pic of the obverse in one and the reverse in the other. These go to the left of my descriptions and other information. (It's up to you how many are worthy of spending the time on to do this. ) This may sound really small, but just as you inserted the pics and shrink them to fit, you can grab a corner just as easily, and drag it out to see a huge, full screen pic of any of them at any time. When you're done with one, just go back up to edit, undo picture stretch, and it brings it right back to the original size you had without having to fiddle with it to make it fit again. This way you can store many images on your pages if you'd like but still be able to see thumbnails of the images. I like doing this because it's much easier to look at a picture on the computer than to take everything out to look at something.[/QUOTE]
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