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User Guide
4 Enter the desired information in the File Info dialog box.
5 Choose any of the following from the menu at the upper right of the File Info dialog box:
• To save the metadata in the File Info dialog box as a template for use with other files, choose Save Metadata
Template. Enter a name for the template and click Save.
• To delete an existing metadata template, choose Delete Metadata Template. Choose the template you want to
delete from the menu in the dialog box and click Delete.
• To open the folder containing metadata templates, choose Show Templates.
6 Click OK. You can now also apply metadata templates to files with the Append Metadata and Replace Metadata
commands in the Tools menu and in the Metadata panel menu.
See also
“About the Metadata panel in Bridge” on page 64
“To apply metadata templates to files in Bridge” on page 68
To apply metadata templates to files in Bridge
After you have saved metadata for one file, you can apply it to others.
1 Select one or more files.
2 Choose either of the following commands from the Metadata panel menu or the Tools menu:
• Append Metadata, followed by the name of the template. This command applies the template metadata only where
no metadata value or property currently exists in the file.
• Replace Metadata, followed by the name of the template. This command completely replaces any existing
metadata in the file with the metadata in the template.
See also
“About the Metadata panel in Bridge” on page 64
“To add metadata using the File Info dialog box” on page 66
To apply keywords to files with Bridge
The Keyword panel lets you create and apply Bridge keywords to files. Keywords can be organized into categories
called keyword sets.Using keywords,you identify filesbased on theircontent.Later,you canviewall fileswithshared
keywords as a group.
Note: Bridge keywords are distinct from XMP keywords created with the File Info dialog box. The latter are displayed
in Version Cue files in the “Other Metadata” section of the File Info dialog box.
❖ Do any of the following:
• To add a keyword to files, select one or more files. In the Keywords panel, click the box next to the name of the
keyword you want to add. A check mark appears in the box next to the keyword when it’s added to a file.
• To addasetofkeywordstofiles,selectone or more files. In theKeywordspanel,click thebox next to thenameof
the keyword set. A check mark appears in the box next to the keyword set when it’s added to a file.
Create a group of frequently used keywords so that you can apply them as a group.
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