PSE 4 -- batch processing images

I just returned from a sailing trip and I want to send some of my photos to friends. It their original form, the pics are huge. I want to resized 150 photos to a single photo size and dpi. Do I have to do each individually or does PSE 4.0 have a "batch" processing feature where I can resize many photos with one command set? Thanks

If you are on Windows, you can use File/Export in Organizer or you can use the File/Process Multiple Files facility in Editor. On Mac, you only have the latter option.
You say you want to set the "dpi". Actually it is "ppi". Why do you need to set that? Are you sending them for printing? If they are only for screen viewing, PPI is irrelevant.

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