IPhoto 11 books are impossible

The screen layout for making books in iPhoto has been changed and now it is absolutely terrible. Not only did they move the picture pane to the right whereas for every other single version it's been at the top, but they made the view of the book impossible to view in its totality. They added a "navigation" pane which means you have to toggle left and right in order to see the real layout of the photo book page and drag and drop photos to the pages. Which is the worst software idea/upgrade I have ever seen. Even on my huge (expensive) Apple screen that goes with my macbook there is no way to simple see the entire open book page in order to create my book. My loyalty to Mac partly stems from a ten-year project to give my family a complete archive, which until now Mac has offered AID in the work flow. After ten years of bookmaking, I can't do a thing in this software. Am I missing something??

Georgine:
Have you tried selecting them in the photo tray at the right and using the Delete key?
Gregory:
As far as undoing the autoflow just use the Clear Placed Photos button next to the Autoflow button.
Click to view full size
Then you can start from scratch at placing the photos.
The photos in the tray at the right are sorted by date. Send a feature request for different sorting options to Apple via http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphoto.html.
LVGP:
If you want to see the full page close the tray at the right and both pages will be fully visible.
OT

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