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Testing tables and photo alignment

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    F irst I use a table - it's a new Blogger feature. Each cell is independent and can contain images and/or text.   This was taken at Crater Lake in Oregon. I can just dream on this photo.  I'm just going to copy a bunch of text to have something to wrap around photos.  Don’t be like the people who take a one week trip, then say they need 2 weeks after they get home to organize all their photos. In video 633, Chris shows how to start an album on the first day of your trip, add your best photos and videos as you go. You can share this album with friends and family if you like and they will see your photos as you add them. By the time you get home, you’re all done.  Can you tell what is on our minds    ?  Don’t be like the people who take a one week trip, then say they need 2 weeks after they get home to organize all their photos. In video 633, Chris shows how to start an album on the first day of your trip, add your best photos and videos as...

Annual Letter in .pdf

This should only be viewable by me

Canceling our Dubai and Maldives trip

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I’m trying to cancel our flights to Dubai and to Mali. I’ve been on hold for 11 minutes now but I don’t have anything else to do so I’ll stay on hold. I’m sure glad we went diving with the club in Bimini last month, otherwise I would just be all too dry. I’m creating this on my iPad just using the Web version of draft.blogger.com. Seems to be working pretty well. The blogger app is only for android.

Using blogger in draft mode

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This .pdf document is stored in my Google Drive. Then, find the sharing option to "Embed" the document and copy the code. Paste the code into the html view in the blog. Voila! I'm on my Samsung phone. I insert image from Google album archive. So far, so good. Blogger seems to be working. Now I'll get another photo. What happened I got this one from Jim's library with right-click, copy image

A place for qr codes

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Adding videos from Google Photos

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I tried to insert a video from my Google Photos library, use the Insert Image button, but just choose a video. It appears to work, but it's just an image with a play button on it. Next try - download video from Google Photos to computer, then use the import video tool button and upload it. Lastly, I try using Google Drive and these instructions

A place for icons

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Google Photos app   and hit the Share button     Share  . Google Photos app   and hit the Share button   or    Sharing     Menu  More    Edit  Extensions    filters  Crop & rotate  Select  Albums     Add to album    Trash  . Shopping cart  photo prints   click  Albums     click Select   Info    Cast  click Add to album  .  Done   Lens  . Save to library  Backup and Sync  . Markup   . To draw, tap Pen   . To add highlights, tap Highlight  . To add text on top of a photo, tap Text  .