Droid X: The Missing Manual

Working with Multiple Photos

In the previous section, you learned about ways to work with individual photos. But what if you want to work with multiple photos at once—give them all the same tag, delete them all, share a specific group of them, or print them all? It’s easy.

When you’re viewing photos in the Gallery, press the Menu key. From the menu that appears, tap Select Items .

Note

When you press the Menu key and you’re viewing photos in the Gallery, the menu that appears includes selections for launching the Camera app, starting a slideshow, and accessing Settings. In addition, there’s a “Go to” button that lets you view all photos taken during any one of the previous four months, or taken last week.

The current collection of photos you’re viewing appears, with small checkboxes at the bottom of each photo. Tap the photos you want to select—the boxes turn green when selected. If you want to select all photos, press the Menu key and choose “Select all”.

Now that you’ve selected your photos, press the Menu key. You can now share, delete, or print the photos in the same way you share, delete, or print individual photos. You can also add the same tag to them all by pressing the Tag key and ...