Cleaning Up Picasa For Public Lab Use

1. Open Picasa
2. Under Tools Menu, select Folder Manager
3. You will see some folders in a box on the lower right. For each item in that box, click on it in the LEFT hand box. Then click the Scan Once button. Picasa can be set to “watch” folders and automatically put them into Picasa. That is great on your own computer, but VERY INEFFICIENT in a Public Lab!
4. Every time you do this you will be returned to the main Picasa window. Repeat until all items have been removed from the right hand box (the folders “watched.”
5. Now we will remove all folders already imported into Picasa. This is done by clicking on a folder and then going to the Folder Menu. Remove from Picasa … After answering Yes a number of times, the folder will be removed from Picasa (the pictures are still on the computer, however). Do this until there are no folders shown on the left side of Picasa.
6. Now insert your pen drive.
7. Under the File menu, Import From … or just click the Import button.
8. In the upper left, click the Select Device button.
9. Navigate to your pen drive.
10. You will see a list of all the images on your pen drive. In a Public Lab, it is best to select ONLY the images you want in Picasa. On your own computer, import them all but be sure and select Exclude Duplicates in the lower left corner of the window.
11. REMEMBER TO BRING YOIR PEN DRIVE TO CLASS. You will be stuck without it!

Instructions on putting Picasa on your computer at home can be found on the Class Blog.