Printing filenames as captions for pictures

You can do this in PowerPoint by creating a PhotoAlbum.  When you choose Photo Album/Create New, you will be prompted for a file name or path.  You can Browse to select the file with your photos in it, and the identifier that the camera assigns each photo will show as a caption if you select captions.

It is easy and I have found many examples and tutorials on the web explaining how to do it.  I am now trying to create a template that will allow you to enter a description for each photo, which sounds possible.

I am sure that there are other ways, but this is quite straightforward and takes little time.  It does take a lot of space, however, so you may want to optimize your photos before importing them.

Good luck and have fun!

You can print it by gathering all images in one folder then do below steps 

• Open the folder containing the photos. Hold the "Ctrl" key on your keyboard and click on every photo you want to be part of the print copy. Right-click any of the selected items and click "Print" from the context menu.
• Scroll down the sidebar containing the different print layouts and click "Contact Sheet (35)." Change the "Printer," "Paper Size" and other options if necessary
• Click the "Print" button to print the photos. The file name will appear below each photo.

Hi, I print photos with file names as captions, but only when selecting 'contact sheet'. The file names show up automatically with that selection because of the nature and purpose of a contact sheet. I don't know of any other way to get them to appear with other sizes.

You can do this in PowerPoint by creating a PhotoAlbum.  When you choose Photo Album/Create New, you will be prompted for a file name or path.  You can Browse to select the file with your photos in it, and the identifier that the camera assigns each photo will show as a caption if you select captions.

It is easy and I have found many examples and tutorials on the web explaining how to do it.  I am now trying to create a template that will allow you to enter a description for each photo, which sounds possible.

I am sure that there are other ways, but this is quite straightforward and takes little time.  It does take a lot of space, however, so you may want to optimize your photos before importing them.

Good luck and have fun!

Oops-- forgot one important step! When you are importing the photos, you can select the file folder in which the originals are saved (remember that Control+A is 'select all').  The box that lets you select print captions will not be available until you select the layout for the photo album pages.  The default setting is 'Fit to Screen' (perhaps worded differently), since most PowerPoint presentations are going to be viewed, not printed.  When you select 1 photo per page, the prompt allowing you to print the captions becomes available (no longer 'grayed-out'). 

I experienced some frustration at seeing the prompt, but not knowing exactly why it was unavailable to me.

Another hint: if you want to add text boxes containing information other than the defaults suggested, you can do that once the photo album has been created.  Another shortcut: if you want to add, for example, information as a Header (not a default option), create the text boxes on the first slide, and position them where you want them to remain.  Then, use the 'Group' feature to create a single object, select that object, and Copy the object onto the Clipboard.  The individual slides appear as Thumbnails at the right of the editing area.  Make sure that the Clipboard is visible, and then select (click on) a slide; you do not have to bring it up into the viewing/editing window.  Just click on the Thumbnail, and then on the object (grouped items) on the Clipboard.  It will be pasted onto the selected slide, although unless your eyesight is significantly better than mine, you can't actually read it while viewing the slide as a Thumbnail.

By clicking back and forth, it is easy to add the same text to a number of photos.  If you want to then edit each slide individually to change the text, you can.  So, for example, when I am creating multiple albums, I leave the data on the Clipboard when I save and close one album, and then paste the data onto the first photo in the next album.  I edit the date and any other text that I want changed, regroup the new objects, and copy them to the Clipboard.  I then delete the previous object, so that I don't accidentally mislabel one of the photos in my current album.

I was pleased at how quickly I could add descriptions to many photos with just a few clicks.

Again, good luck and enjoy!