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Burning a CD or DVD

You can use the Burn Basket to burn a CD or DVD of your photos and files, to use on a computer. You must have a CD or DVD writer installed in your computer to use the Burn Basket.

With the Burn Basket, you can organize, arrange, and store your photos and files until you are ready to burn them to a disc. The Burn Basket allows you to create your own folders, use existing folders, or have the Burn Basket create the folder structure automatically.

To Create a CD or DVD:

To open the Burn Basket pane, do one of the following:
- In Manage mode, click View | Burn Basket.
- In Manage mode, click Tools | Create | CD or DVD.
From the drop-down list in the toolbar of the Burn Basket, select the device you want to use to create your disc. The options in this drop-down list depend on the CD/DVD hardware you have on your computer.
Click the Format Options button. The Format Options dialog box will open. Check or uncheck the box to specify whether you want to include any ACDSee metadata associated with your files.
You can use the left side of the Burn Basket to create a folder structure to organize the photos and files on the disc. To create a new folder, right-click the name of a folder, "Volume Label" by default, and select New Folder from the context menu. Type a name for the new folder and then press Enter.
To add photos or other files to your disc, drag them from the File List pane to the Burn Basket, or select the files you want to add and then click Edit | Add to Burn Basket. You can use the buttons on the Burn Basket toolbar, as explained below, to adjust the contents of the Burn Basket, or to save or load projects.
When you are ready to create your disc, click , located in the bottom right corner.

In order to be able to browse the contents of your disc while it is ejected, you may want to create an ACDSee Photo Disc.

Burn Basket Toolbar Buttons

	Format Options	Opens the Format Options dialog box, where you can specify whether or not you want to add a catalog to your data disc.
	Add to Burn Basket	Adds the currently selected files or folders to the Burn Basket.
	Remove From Burn Basket	Removes the currently selected files or folders from the Burn Basket.
	Remove All	Clears the contents of the Burn Basket.
	New Folder	Creates a new sub-folder.
	Rename	Renames the currently selected file or folder.
	Save Project	Saves the current contents and settings of the Burn Basket as a project file you can edit later.
	Load Project	Opens a previously saved Burn Basket project.