Macro to show image

"Show high quality images". So they are high quality already? If they are, they should stay reasonable good. Some type are better than other They say.
Experiment with the different types (bmp, jpg, gif, png).

Re: "Also do the image files need to be always saved to a folder or do they get embedded in the workbook?"
Either way. Whatever your preference.

Pictures.Insert references a file. Does not go with workbook.
Shapes.AddPicture permanently inbeds picture. Stays with workbook.

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Thanks for providing code ranman256 and jolivanes, both solutions work.

Have you come across image viewers within Excel, where you could view left or right. From a web search noted terms such as Plugins for Image, Image Assistant, etc.
I don't think there is a native viewer within Excel, for viewing rather than inserting (such as from insert Tab, Pictures, This Device).

I use IrfanView as a picture viewer also.
Not a native Excel program but a very good, and free, program.

I guess that request comes up on a regular basis but of course the more or less standard answer is that Excel is not a program for that kind of stuff.
We'll live with it.

Good luck though.

I still use this old one every so once in a while. It is different but you can play with it.
I have not brought it up to today's standards.
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