User Guide

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ADOBE GOLIVE CS2
User Guide
See also
“About the Metadata panel in Bridge” on page 54
“To apply metadata templates to files in Bridge” on page 58
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,followedbythe name of thetemplate. This commandapplies thetemplatemetadataonlywhere
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 54
“To add metadata using the File Info dialog box” on page 56
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 files based on their content. Later, you can view all files with shared
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.
• To remove keywords from a file, select the file, and then click the box next to the name of the keyword or keyword
set that you want to remove.
• To create a new keyword, click the New Keyword button at the bottom of the panel or choose New Keyword
from thepanel menu.Anewdefault keywordnameappears in thepanel.Tocreatethe newkeyword,typeoverthe
default name and press Return.
• To create a new keyword set, click the New Keyword Set button at the bottom of the panel or choose New
Keyword Set from the panel menu. A new default keyword set name appears in the panel. To create the new
keyword set, type over the default name and press Return.
• To rename a keyword or keyword set, select the keyword or keyword set and choose Rename from the panel menu.
Then, type over the name in the panel and press Return.