How to find duplicates in iPhoto?

I know very little about iPhoto, but am trying to help a friend (iBook G4, iPhoto 6) who has a lot of duplicate photos in her iPhoto library. Is there a way to search for all the duplicates, so they can be removed?

Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
iPhoto 6 had a problem comparing duplicates when importing from a different volume. This was fixed in later versions. As iPhoto 6 hasn’t been developed since 2006 I wouldn’t hold out much hope for an update.
Regards
TD

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