User Guide

Chapter 6: Organizing
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Advanced Options
Edit only empty fields Sets the Batch Set Information tool so that it only changes
those fields that do not already contain information. Fields that
do contain information remain unchanged.
Close dialog when
finished
Sets the dialog box to close automatically after you have set
the information.
Save settings as default Stores the current Advanced Options settings and loads them
the next time you set information for files.
Start incrementing
numbers at
Sets the number at which to start incrementing any number
signs <#>.
Removing IPTC keywords and supplemental categories
You can remove an image's IPTC keywords and supplemental categories from the ACDSee
database.
To remove IPTC keywords and supplemental categories:
1. In the Browser, select the image.
2. If the Properties pane is not already displayed, click View | Properties to display it.
3. To ensure that the image is writable, click the File tab and check to see if there is a check
mark in Read only.
If there is a check mark the image is not writable.
4. Click Read only to make the file writable.
5. Click the IPTC tab.
6. Click the Keyword Picker button beside the Keywords field or the Supplemental
Categories Picker button beside the Supplemental Categories field.
7. Select the keyword or supplemental category that you want to remove from the Assigned
values box.
(To select more than one keyword or supplemental category press and hold the Ctrl key
while selecting the keywords and supplemental categories with your mouse.)
8. Click Remove.
9. Click OK.