How to Set Your Thumbnail in Facebook
Images come in all shapes and sizes, but the thumbnail image of your Facebook profile picture is a set size that you can't change. The thumbnail image usually includes just the portion of your Facebook profile picture that fits within the thumbnail frame. You can avoid the embarrassment of having the top or bottom of your head cut off on the thumbnail image by altering which part of your main profile picture is included in the thumbnail frame. You can set your thumbnail profile image on Facebook with the "Change Picture" tool.
Instructions
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Launch your Web browser and sign in to Facebook.
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Click the "Profile" link on the top menu of your Facebook homepage.
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Hover your mouse over your profile picture until the "Change Picture" button displays in the top right-hand corner of the image. Click the "Change Picture" button.
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Click the "Edit Thumbnail" link under your profile picture.
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Roll your mouse over the thumbnail image until the four-arrow pointer appears. Click the image and then move the image until the portion of your main profile picture that you want to include in the thumbnail image appears in the thumbnail frame.
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Click the "Save Changes" button.
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Tips & Warnings
In Step five click the "Scale to Fit" check-box if you want to include the entire profile picture image within the thumbnail frame.
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Comments
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doesn't work - I've used photoshop to adjust size, it looks fine for 2 seconds, then fb reverts it to a portion of the logo. countless forums and advice columns say different things, but none work. fb has decided what will show and how it will depict profile thumbnails.
