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Thumbnail is a file property in a category we call Document properties.

Document properties are saved in files made by applications such as Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint. Some are generated automatically, such as "Word Count", and others can be entered by the user, such as "Comment"

Uses for the Thumbnail file property

How to make a thumbnail

Thumbnails are small versions of larger images. Software is needed to produce the thumbnail. For the EXIF data in the thumbnail to be readable, the software that makes the thumbnail should preserve the EXIF data from the original image. A free program for making thumbnails is "Easy Thumbnails".

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