Thumbnails in Filmstrip Mode

Geoff Kaiser was good to explain how to create filmstrips in Browser. However, what can I do to see those filmstrips as thumbnails? Right now it's just a tiny red symbol next to each filmstrip.

Hello again,
I just learned how to post a screen shot. Anyway, notice the tiny red icons running down the left side of the Browser. I need those to be viewable thumbnails. How do I that that? Thanks.
http://www.imageno.com/r7stf01zg2n4pic.html

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Did you try to reset the preferences by holding down the ctrl key and starting Bridge? You will get a reset window, choose all 3 options.
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If you preview a slide (CP5) with F3 (Playback slide) and pause at at certain point (with F3 or Space) the playhead will stay there, you can align objects to the playhead with CTRL-L. That is the way I'm synchronizing audio with objects. During this kind of 'playback' no SWF is created as is the case with all the other Preview modes. You can also scrub, drag the playhead if you want. Some shortcuts are available as well. I blogged once about the functionalities of the Timeline:
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Curt:
I had noticed that thread before, but it starts out talking about missing edits, so I didn't catch the connection. Further down, though, it does describe my symptoms, so I'll post any further comments on that thread. Unfortunately it doesn't offer any solutions.
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Curt
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The 'flecks' were rows of small light-coloured wedges running horizontally across landscape files, or vertically up and down portrait files, as if they had been rasped - or 'scrambled', a word I found in an Adobe technote after getting your post.
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hmmm. i just checked it on my desktop and it actually works fine for me too. i'll check it again from my work laptop tomorrow (where i noticed the problem) and report back. on my laptop, i did notice that instead of a row of stars like ***, in Slideshow mode, rated images were labelled 3*. And under the thumbnails in unrated images, the 5 dots that usually appear were not visible.
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