Slideshow sort order iWeb 08

Images brought in from iPhoto are not retaining the sort order-alphabetical by file name.
Anything I can do to make this right?
Thanks in advance.
Gary

How did you import them into iWeb? When I put them in an iPhoto Album, sort as desired and drag that album into an iWeb photo page from the Media Browser the sort order is kept. Is that how you're doing it?
OT

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http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.59b5a9fe/2
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Message was edited by: PECourtejoie

That is a good question, to do this requires two functions and a restart of Bridge all done automagically
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when I find a set of events in iCal, the list appears in the window at the bottom of the page in the correct sort order when sorted by date, title or type. When I then copy that list to the clipboard and paste it into another program (Pages, MacJournal, TextEdit) the sort order changes.
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