Canon EOS Rebel T2i EOS REBEL T2i / EOS 550D Instruction Manual - Page 170

K Protecting Images Protecting an image prevents it from being erased accidentally. 1 Select [Protect images]. Under the [3] tab, select [Protect images], then press . X The protect setting screen will appear. Image protect icon 2 Select the image and protect it. Press the key to select the image to be protected, then press . X When an image is protected, the icon will appear on the top of the screen. To cancel the image protection, press again. The icon will disappear. To protect another image, repeat step 2. To exit the image protection, press the button. The menu will reappear. If you format the card (p.42), the protected images will also be erased. Once an image is protected, it cannot be erased by the camera's erase function. To erase a protected image, you must first cancel the protection. If you erase all the images (p.172), only the protected images will remain. This is convenient when you want to erase unnecessary images all at once. 170