Aperture - Browser, Split View, and Viewer

Photos in my browser will not wrap around into rows. I have just one row which goes right off my screen. I also have this problem in the split view with the thumbnails. And in viewer I have no photo at all. Can anyone suggest a way to fix this problem???

You should have a row of icons along the top of the Aperture window. In the top right are icons which will directly let you switch to "Browser", "Split View" or "Viewer" mode. If you do not see any icons, click the grey oval in the extreme upper-right corner of the Aperture window (it toggles the icon toolbar on & off).
Click the "Split View" icon to switch to that mode.
You should have an image taking up most of the window, and a row of other images along the bottom. If this is just one row which you can only pan left & right then you are in "filmstrip" mode.
Just above the strip of thumbnails at the bottom is a pull-down field that lets you select the sort order, and three icons just to the right. They select whether you want to be in "Filmstrip" mode (which is what it sounds like you are in right now), "Grid" mode (which is what it sounds like you want), and "List" mode. Click the middle icon to switch it to "Grid" mode.
If you aren't seeing enough of your images, you can re-apportion the window. There's a thin gray line dividing the larger picture above from the thumbnails below. Float your mouse directly over that thin gray line and your mouse pointer should switch to a line with an arrow pointing up & down. Press and hold your left mouse button while sliding the mouse up or down to change the proportion of the two sections of the window.

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