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System Requirements

Microsoft Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0+
Picasa2 is available in English only.

Picasa helps you find and organize all your photos

If you are upgrading from an older version of Picasa, you will likely want to keep your existing database, which contains any organization and photo edits you have made. To transfer all this information, simply install Picasa without uninstalling Picasa already on your computer. On your first launch of Picasa you will be prompted to transfer your existing database. After this process is complete, you can uninstall Picasa.

Photo Tray and output options

The Photo Tray is used to collect photos and movies from one or more folders or albums so that you may work with them as a group. The Add To button and all of the output options buttons (Print, Email, Collage, Hello, BlogThis! Order and Export) perform their respective actions using the photos currently in the Photo Tray. By default, your current selection in the lightbox is placed in the Photo Tray. To keep these items in the Photo Tray while you select more, press the Hold button. You can also drag and drop items into the Photo Tray and they will automatically be held. To remove a held item, select it in the Photo Tray and press Clear. Once you are satisfied with the contents of the Photo Tray you can press any of the output options buttons or the Add To button to perform the corresponding action on all the items in the Photo Tray at once.

Adjust which photos and folders appear
Only folders that Picasa2 is set to scan appear in this collection. To modify what folders on disk Picasa2 scans for photos, select "Folder Manager" on the "Tools" menu. Use the settings there to select or de-select the folders Picasa2 scans, choosing from these options: "Scan Once," "Remove From Picasa2" and "Scan Always."

Move photos between folders.

Select a photo. With your mouse, drag and drop the photo to its new folder. To select more than one photo, hold down the Shift key on your keyboard as you select photos. If you move a photo into a different folder on disk, Picasa will remind you that you are about to move the actual file on your computer is hard drive. Click the "OK" button to move the photo to it's new location. Note: Moving photos between folders in the "Folders" collection will affect their physical location on your hard drive.

Edit a folder description.

Double-click on the title of any folder to open the Folder Properties box. Enter a description. You can also modify the folder??s date, place taken, or description. Any descriptive information you add will be searchable in Picasa. Click the "OK" button. Changing the name of a folder in Picasa will change the name of the actual folder on your computer??s hard drive.

How do I create a Picasa screensaver?

Even if you've used Picasa previously to create a screensaver, you'll need to create a new one by adding photos to the "Screensaver" album. To do so, go to "Create > "Screen Saver." You can now drag and drop photos to or from other albums or rearrange the order of the photos within the Screensaver album.

Can I play music with my slideshow?

icasa allows you to set your slideshows to loop (repeat) infinitely and to be accompanied by music. Picasa can only play MP3 files; it cannot play from CDs or any other music format (iTunes AAC, etc.)

To set your slideshow options:

1. Choose "Options" from the Tools menu. The Options dialog appears.
2. Click the "Slideshow" tab.
3. Select "Loop slideshow" to repeat the slideshow until you stop it manually.
4. Select "Play MP3" tracks during slideshow to play the tracks from the folder of MP3 files during slideshows.
5. Click the Browse button to select a folder from which to play MP3 music during slideshows. The music files in this folder will play continuously-one after the other-until the slideshow stops. When the last MP3 file in the folder is played and the slideshow is still running, Picasa2 will loop to the first MP3 file in the folder and continue playing.
6. Click "OK" to save your selections.

Picasa2 uses Windows Media Player to play MP3s and video files. If you are unable to play MP3s with your slideshows, please make sure that you are running the most recent version of Windows Media Player.