Deleting Multiple Photographs

CONCEPT

The DELETE option in the playback menu allows you to:

• delete selected photographs

 

 

• delete all the photographs in the current folder

 

• select a folder for deletion

 

• delete printer information files created with the PRINT SET

 

option (see “Preparing Photographs for Printing,” below)

PRACTICE

Note that once deleted, photographs can not be recovered; be

sure to back up any photographs you would like to keep.

 

 

 

 

Deleting Selected Photographs

 

 

To select multiple photographs for deletion from the playback

 

menu, follow these steps:

2 Use the zoom buttons (▲▼) to highlight SELECTED and then press the shutter-

release button. A menu showing thumb-

nail previews of the images in the current folder will be displayed.

3 Using the zoom buttons (▲▼), highlight one of the photo-

graphs to be deleted and press the or button. The selected image will be marked with a icon, indicating that it is to be deleted. If you mistakenly mark an image for deletion, you can remove the icon by highlighting the image and pressing

the button again.

4 Repeat Step 3 until you have selected all but the one of the images you want to delete.

1 Using the zoom buttons (▲▼), highlight B K DELETE in the playback menu, then press the shutter-release button. The menu shown at right will be displayed.

D E L E T E

AUTO

S E L E C T E D

A L L

F O L D E R

P R N T S E T

5 Highlight the last of the images to be

B K

D E L E T E

 

 

AUTO

deleted and press the shutter-release

 

 

 

 

D E L E T E

 

 

1 I M A G E

button. The dialog shown at right will be

 

 

 

 

 

 

displayed. Highlight YES and press the

 

 

N O

 

 

 

Y E S

shutter-release button to delete the im-

 

 

 

 

S E T S H U T T E R

Using the menus

If the playback menu does not appear when you press the MENU button, press the MONITOR button until the LCD monitor comes on. Items can be highlighted using the zoom buttons (▲▼) and selected using the shutter- release button. To clear a menu from the screen, highlight BK and press the shutter-release button, or press the MENU button to return to playback mode.

S E T S H U T T E R

ages marked with a icon. Highlight NO

or BK to return to the playback menu without deleting the images.

Tips

If an image you want to delete is not visible in the menu of previews, use the zoom buttons (▲▼) to display further images.

Photos that have been hidden with the HIDE IMAGE command are not available for deletion and are not shown in the menu of previews.

Photos marked with a icon are protected and can not be selected for deletion.

The Camera Menus: The Playback Menu

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Nikon COOLPIX 700 manual Deleting Multiple Photographs, Ages marked with a icon. Highlight no