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By default, the File List shows your images as thumbnails. These smaller
versions of your images are used to help you identify your content more
quickly, and without having to memorize file names. You will also see
digital audio files like MP3 and WAV files using their standard icons. Video
files will also appear as icons.
In the File List, ProShow will only display file types that it recognizes. For
example, if you have some unrecognized file types in the same folder with
your images, those files will not appear in the File List, so you can’t
accidentally try to add them to your show. Don’t let this concern you,
though, ProShow supports almost any media file you can throw at it.

You can also control how your files are shown and organized in the file list.
Just right click anywhere inside the File List.

Once you do this, you will see a sub-menu with a series of options. At the
bottom of the sub-menu, you will the following options:
Sort will let you change the order of the files that appear in your file list.
This is set to Name (numeric) by default, which means that numbered files
show in order, followed by named files in alphabetical order. You can
change to almost any sorting order, including sorting by the date the file
was created. This can help keep your images in chronological order.

View allows you to check whether you want to see small versions of your
images, or thumbnails, or a list of file names and other information, without
thumbnails. Select the one that is most useful to you.

Also found under the View option is the ability to change the Thumbnail
Size for images that appear in the File List.

Choose the size value that captures the best blend of size and space for
your file list.

ProShow will save these sorting and other File List preferences for you
automatically. If you close and reopen the program, your choices will still
be applied.

In the Preferences, you’ll find even more options for customizing how your
thumbnails appear. These options include custom thumbnail sizes as well as