Canon Digital IXUS 500 Quick Start Manual page 112

You can protect important images and movies from accidental erasure.
In the (Play) menu, select
and press the SET button.
See Selecting Menus and Settings (p. 43).
Use the
CD
or button to select an
image to protect and press the SET
button.
• The
~
icon appears on protected images.
• You can make the selection of images
easier by toggling between single image
playback and index playback by pressing
the zoom lever toward
Q
or
~.
Protection Icon
SET
o
MENU
g
Press the MENU button.
The Play menu displays again. Press it again
to return to the Playback screen.
To cancel protection
After step 1, select an image to remove protection from and press the SET
button.
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Please note that formatting (initializing) a CF card erases all data,
including protected images (p. 107).
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