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32 <H1>3.2 Image Properties Window</H1>
33 <P>The image properties window is a dialog that displays various
34 information about a file.</P>
35 <P>To display a properties window for a an image select Properties
36 from it's context menu, in most windows pressing Control + P will
37 display the properties of the selected images or files.</P>
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40 <P>The properties window contains a scaled down image of the file and
41 information about the file under several tabs. If the window contains
42 more than one file, they can be navigated by activating the left and
43 right arrow buttons, or by clicking the primary and middle mouse
44 buttons on the image preview.</P>
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47 <P><U>Image preview</U></P>
48 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">This displays the contents of the
49 active file. When the window contains more than one file, they can be
50 navigated with the primary and middle mouse buttons. The image
51 display is also a drag source for drag and drop, start the drag
52 operation by pressing the middle mouse button and dragging the file
53 to the desired target.</P>
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56 <P><U>General tab</U></P>
57 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">This displays information about the
58 active file. It includes:</P>
59 <P STYLE="margin-left: 1.58in"><B>File attributes:</B> Modification
60 date and time, size, owner, group, and permissions.</P>
61 <P STYLE="margin-left: 1.58in"><B>Image attributes:</B> Dimensions,
62 uncompressed size, file or mime type, and existence of an alpha
63 channel.</P>
64 <P STYLE="margin-left: 1.58in"><B>Compress ratio:</B> The percentage
65 of file size compared to the size of the image when decoded into
66 memory.</P>
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69 <P><U>Keywords tab</U></P>
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71 information that is in the Keywords sidebar, please refer to the
72 <A HREF="7_3_keywords.html">Keywords Sidebar</A> page for details.</P>
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75 <P><U>EXIF tab</U></P>
76 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">The EXIF tab contains the same
77 information that is in the EXIF sidebar, please refer to the <A HREF="7_1_exif.html">EXIF
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