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A collection of similar panels containing both photo and text can be found in the ONLINE
CONTENT CATALOG under "IMAGE RESOURCES" > "PHOTO PANELS".

Packed Photo Grid

This smartshape lets you display any collection of photos, even those with different
shapes and aspect ratios, in a compact grid on your website. So for example you can
display a mixture of portrait, landscape and even panorama images together in the grid.

It consists of rows of photos, with any number of photos in each row. The row heights
vary depending on the numbers of photos in each row and on their aspect ratios.
See a selection of examples in the "COMPONENTS" > "IMAGE RESOURCES" > "PHOTO GRIDS"
folder of the ONLINE CONTENT CATALOGUE ("INSERT" > "IMAGE" > "MORE IMAGE
RESOURCES"), but you can customise any of the examples to show any number of your
own photos. The examples that are based on the Packed Photo Grid smartshape in this
folder all have “Smart” in the title.

Adding & Replacing images

To replace an image with your own photo, just drag and drop a photo file from Windows
Explorer (or from the Bitmap Gallery if the photo is already in the current document). The
image in the grid that you drop onto is replaced with your photo and the grid
automatically updates to fit your photo in, no matter what shape it is. To add more