Preview yellow triangle pictures before ordering a book

Just for the record
There has been some discussion about "how can I preview the file that is sent when I order a book", and how does it look different from the pictures when viewed in iPhoto.
Go to share<email, and you'll get an email with that file, which then can be previewed in, well, "preview".
Does this help anyone?

Beware that even with a PDF preview your screen resolution is 72 dpi while about 150 dpi is the minimum most people will accept for decent quality printing (180 dpi is the point the yellow warning come on) and some people do not accept less than 300 dpi prints - so what you see on your screen may look better than the print due to the different display tequniques -- if the yellow warning is on your print will not be optimal and if you go ahead and order Apple probably will not stand behind their quality guarantee for those prints that gave a warning
LN

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