User Guide

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Mail account). You can invite friends to join Hello by email. Any photos you receive from friends
using Hello will appear in your From Hello collection inside Picasa, sorted by Hello username.
Blogger (Internet access required)
A blog is an online web journal. You can publish pictures to the web for free using
Picasa and a blog that you create on Blogger.com. Simply select pictures (they’ll
appear in the “Picture Tray”) and click the “Blogger” button. This will open Hello, with
the Hello username Bloggerbot active. Bloggerbot is not a normal buddy on your
Hello Friends list; it’s a transfer tool that uploads pictures to your blog. With the
Bloggerbot tab open, type in a caption where indicated and click “Publish.” Your photo will be
uploaded to your blog as the newest post. If you don’t have a blog, click the “Blogger” button in
Picasa and follow the instructions to sign up for a free account (it only takes a few minutes). Once
you have an account with Blogger, you’ll be able to click the “Blogger” button in Picasa at any time
to post pictures in one step.
Order (Internet access required)
Export
Click the “Export” button to save any pictures in the “Picture Tray” as new JPEG files. For
example, if you make a label containing pictures of your dog from various folders and then
edit them to all be black and white, you’ll need to export that entire album and create new
files on your hard drive that reflect those edits. You can choose the JPEG quality and saved
picture size here, too. Note: Picasa never overwrites your original file on disk; any edits you
make to a picture are only saved inside Picasa until you decide to save them as a new file
when you export.
Need more help?
The “Help” menu in the Picasa software will answer most of your questions. To access the Help,
press F1 on your keyboard, use the “Help” menu or click the “Help” button in any dialog box.
If you don’t find what you need in the Help system, please visit Support at the
www.picasa.com web site or go to the “Help” menu > “Picasa Support’ inside the program.
Click the “Order” button to order prints from one of Picasa’s online print providers, including
Kodak EasyShare Gallery (formerly Ofoto), Shutterfly, Snapfish, Ritz Camera and
Walmart.com. Chose a provider by clicking on the logo or link. You’ll be prompted to sign in,
using the username and password you normally use to access that provider’s website. After
you sign in, Picasa will automatically upload all the pictures in your “Picture Tray.” (Note: any
pictures you order via Picasa 2 are processed through the print provider’s website and are
covered under that company’s privacy and shopping policies.) Picasa does not disclose any
information about you to the merchants listed on the “Order” page. For more details on what
information Picasa shares with these websites, please click the “Privacy Policy” link at the
bottom of the www.picasa.com website.