User Guide

Importing a Text Data File
Entering Field Data 69
• The keywords associated with the record, with a
comma between each of the keywords (with no space
on either side of the comma)
• The pathname for the file associated with the record in
either standard Web browser URL format (for example,
“file:///John’sHD/Photos/Mary.jpg”) or standard
Macintosh pathname format (for example,
“John’sHD:Photos:Mary.jpg”)
• A long description field, using non-letter characters in
place of tabs and paragraph returns within the field — §
(press Option-6 on a Macintosh keyboard) for tabs, and
¶ (press Option-7 on a Macintosh keyboard) for
paragraph returns
So, for example, the data for two records in a text import file
might appear as follows:
Field 1[tab]Field 2[tab]Field 3[tab]Field 4[tab]Field
5[tab]Field 6[tab]Field 7[tab]Keyword 1,Keyword
2,Keyword 3,Keyword
4[tab]John’sHD:Photos:Mary.jpg[tab]This is a picture of
my wife, Mary, that I took last summer on our
vacation.¶¶Out of all the pictures I’ve taken of Mary this
year, I think she looks best in this one.
Field 1[tab]Field 2[tab]Field 3[tab]Field 4[tab]Field
5[tab]Field 6[tab]Field 7[tab]Keyword 1,Keyword
2,Keyword 3,Keyword
4[tab]John’sHD:Photos:Susan.jpg[tab]This is a picture of
my wife’s sister, Susan, that I took at the family reunion
last summer , while we were on vacation.¶¶Susan is a
freelance editor who works for various publishers in
New York City.
Note The ¶ symbol in the above examples is a typed character,
not an actual carriage return. Because each paragraph is
imported as a separate record, use a carriage return only at