User Guide

• Delete a picture from a label Select a picture. Right-click with your mouse and select
“Remove from Label” in the context menu or press the Delete key on your keyboard. Note:
Deleting a picture from a label does not delete the original file from your computer’s hard drive.
• Rearrange pictures in a label or between labels. Click and drag a picture to change its
order within a label or drag it into another label to add it to that label. This doesn’t affect the
order in which the original files are stored on your computer.
From Hello
This collection contains pictures you’ve received from friends via the Hello instant picture
sharing program, a free companion software program that was built to work with Picasa.
(To download the Hello software, go to www.hello.com.) This collection sorts pictures received
from Hello alphabetically by Hello username.
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Library tools:
At the top of the Picasa main library screen are several buttons that help you add pictures to
the library, view and find pictures in additional ways, and burn pictures to a CD.
Import
To import pictures from a digital camera, plug the hardware into your computer using its usual
connection device, such as a USB cable or your camera cradle. Open Picasa. Click the
“Import” button and select your device or folder from the dropdown menu (your camera should
automatically be detected). Your pictures will automatically begin to appear in the “Import
Tray.” After your pictures have finished loading, click the “Finish” button. Picasa will save the
folders on your computer (in the My Pictures directory under a folder name you create) and
display them in the “Folders on Disk” collection.
Slideshow
Select a folder or label and click the “Slideshow” button. This will open the slideshow player.
Click the onscreen “Play” button to start the slideshow and make the player’s controls
disappear. You can hit the spacebar key on your keyboard or simply move your mouse to
make the slideshow controls reappear at any time while your slideshow is playing. You can
rotate pictures in the slideshow mode, add a star rating, and change the time duration that
each slide is displayed. Hit the Escape key on your keyboard to stop the slideshow and return
to the Picasa main library screen.
Timeline
The timeline view in Picasa is another way to look at the pictures in your collections. Just
click the “Timeline” button and sweep back and forth through your photos using your mouse
to navigate. Double-clicking on any album will start a slideshow.
Gift CD
Insert a blank CD into the writeable drive on your computer, select pictures or an album and click
the “Gift CD” button. On the “Create a Gift CD” screen, photos with a checkmark will be included
on your gift CD. De-select any pictures you don’t want included. Under Step 1, click the “Add
More” button if you’d like to add pictures to the CD. If you’d like your pictures displayed