La Crosse Public Library Manage Your Digital Pictures page 4
7. Delete pictures from your camera. Find the correct folder (S4000 here), select all and delete.
Or, if you are deleting all the pictures on your camera, it is best to reformat the camera from the
camera menu (not the computer.)
8. Eject the camera from your computer. This is a very important step! It assures that the
computer and camera are finished communicating with each other.
a. At the bottom right of your screen, look for an icon of a USB cable with a green check
mark. You may have to click an upward pointing arrow to see it.
b. A bubble will pop up. Click Eject [name of your camera]
c. Another bubble will pop up saying it’s ok to unplug your camera.
If you are not seeing the eject icon, just make sure your camera is turned off before
unplugging it from the computer.
Some hints about viewing Photos in the File Explorer
** Lots of these options are also available when you right click on a picture (rotating, renaming,
deleting, printing, etc.)
There are lots of helpful items in the Home Ribbon. Most of these will be greyed out (inactive) until you
select a picture. When you select a picture, the Picture Tools Ribbon will also appear, which gives you
the option to rotate pictures.
Click the View Ribbon to change the view to tiles or a list. A list is helpful if you want to select lots of
pictures at once.
File name extensions will show .jpg, .tiff, etc.
Sort or group by name, date, etc
How to rename multiple pictures
1. Go to the location where your pictures are saved (probably Pictures folder). (Don’t try to
rename photos on your camera!)
2. Select the pictures you want to rename, using the methods on page 3 step 3 above.
3. Click Rename from the Home Ribbon, or right click, and then left click “Rename”
4. Type the new name in the first picture, and then hit Enter on the keyboard. It will automatically
rename all the pictures you selected with the new name, and a number (library (1), library (2))