Editing Openai/6956c0db-3dcc-800c-bb42-22352ac2f40e (section)

=== Assistant: You’re very close — this is a Preview UI quirk that trips a lot of people up. ===
You’re very close — this is a Preview UI quirk that trips a lot of people up.

Right now you have 14 tabs in one Preview window.
What you need is one document with 14 pages, which is what enables the thumbnail sidebar and the Combine Images command.

Here’s the clean, exact fix 👇

==== ### ====

First, try this (sometimes it already works):
* In Preview, go to View → Thumbnails

If you see only one thumbnail, keep going — that means you still have tabs, not pages.

===== #### =====
# Make sure View → Thumbnails is ON
# Click the tab title of one screenshot
# Drag that tab into the thumbnail sidebar
# Repeat for all 14 tabs

You’ll see them stack vertically as pages.

✅ This creates one document with 14 images

====== 1. In Preview, go to Window → Merge All Windows ======

: 

===== You should now see: =====
* A vertical thumbnail strip on the left
* All 14 screenshots listed there

If yes → you’re golden.

===== 1. Click any thumbnail =====
# Press Cmd + A (select all)
# Go to Edit → Combine Images
# Choose: - Vertical - Alignment: Center (optional)

===== - File → Save As =====
* PNG recommended for text clarity

==== That means Preview still thinks they’re tabs. ====

Fix:
* Make sure multiple thumbnails are selected
* Not just one

==== Before combining: ====
* Tools → Adjust Size
* Set all images to the same width This avoids subtle misalignment seams.

If anything looks off, tell me:
* macOS version
* Whether you see thumbnails or tabs

I can get you unstuck in one move.