6.12. Picture Library
Picture libraries were meant to store all the pictures a site or site collection might require (with thumbnail views, download options, and slideshow). All image files stored in a picture library will have a URL so you can use them elsewhere. This comes in handy if you have a contact list of employees and pictures for each employee in a picture library. You can then use the Hyperlink/Picture field (conveniently part of the contact list by default) to point to the picture's URL for each employee.
To see how a picture library works, let's create one.
Just click Site Actions, and then click Create from the dropdown menu. On the Create page, click Picture Library in the Libraries category.
As you can see in Figure 6.73, the ...
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