Canon A700 - Manual (Page 86)

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Erasing All Images
z Note that erased images cannot be recovered. Exercise
adequate caution before erasing an image.
z Protected images cannot be erased with this function.
1
(Play) Menu .
See Menus and Settings (p. 23) .
2
Select [OK] and press .
z To exit instead of erasing, select [Cancel].
Please format the memory card when you want to erase not
only image data but also all the data contained on the memory
card
(p. 30) .