Trouble viewing photos as thumbnails - iphoto 6

I have iPhoto version 6 and all of a sudden, I can't view my photos as thumbnails - only each picture separately. Does anyone know how I can get back to viewing my photos as thumbnails so that I can select more than 1 photo to add to an album?

Shaiken
Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
At the lower right of the iPhoto Window is a slider. Drag it to the left.
Regards
TD

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When you import a pic to iPhoto the app copies the file into the Library - this copy goes into the Originals Folder.
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Many internet sites such as Flickr and SmugMug have plug-ins for accessing the iPhoto Library. If the site you want to use doesn’t then some, one or any of these will also work:
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