Writing Captions

With Picasa 2, your stories are automatically saved inside your pictures' EXIF data. (Learn more.) Captions stay with your pictures even through email, web export, and burning to CD.

To add a caption to a picture

1. Double-click a picture to view it in edit mode.

2. Begin typing your caption.

3. When you are finished, hit the Enter key on your keyboard to commit your caption.

To edit a caption

1. Double-click a picture to view it in edit mode.

2. Hit the Backspace key or begin typing to make your edits.

3. When you are finished, hit the Enter key on your keyboard to commit your caption.

To remove a caption from a picture

1. Double-click a picture to view it in edit mode.

2. Click the grey trashcan icon to the right of the caption text.

3. Click OK to the warning confirming you want to delete the caption.

To show and hide captions

1. Double-click a picture to view it in edit mode.

2. Click the small white button at the bottom left of your picture to toggle captions on and off.