Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC - Manual (Page 135)

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Last updated 4/20/2015
Remove or delete keywords from photos or the catalog
❖ With one or more photos selected in the Grid view, or with one photo selected in the Filmstrip in Loupe, Compare,
or Survey view, do any of the following:
• To remove keyword tags from photos, choose Keyword Tags > Enter Keywords in the Keywording panel. Then,
select one or more keyword tags in the text box in the panel and delete them. If more than one photo is selected
in the Filmstrip in Loupe, Compare, or Survey view, the keyword tags are removed only from the active photo.
• To permanently delete a keyword tag from photos and the catalog, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac
OS) the keyword tag in the Keyword List panel and choose Delete from the menu. You can also select keyword
tags and click the Minus icon (-) at the top of the Keyword List panel.
note: If you accidentally delete keyword tags, immediately press Ctrl+Z (Windows) or Command+Z (Mac OS) to
undo the deletion.
• To automatically delete any unused keyword tags from the catalog, choose Metadata > Purge Unused Keywords.
Note: Deleting keywords using the Purge Unused Keywords command cannot be undone.
When keyword tags are removed from photos, the Keyword List panel updates to reflect the total number of photos
that use the tag.
Import and export keywords
Importing and exporting keywords lets you share the keyword tags you created to identify photos. For example,
keywords can be exported from one catalog and imported into another catalog on the same or a different computer.
You can also import keywords from other applications, such as Adobe Bridge 2.1. Lightroom imports keyword lists
saved as plain-text files. If the list contains special characters, the list must be tab-delimited and saved in UTF-8 format.
Exporting keywords writes the keyword tags to a text file. When you create or edit keyword tags, you can specify
whether to include them during the export. When you import keywords from a text file, they become keyword tags in
the catalog and appear in the Keyword List panel.
❖ In the Library module, do any of the following:
• To import keywords into the catalog, choose Metadata > Import Keywords, navigate to and select the text file or
catalog file containing keywords, and then click Open (Windows) or Choose (Mac OS).
• To export all exportable keywords from the catalog, choose Metadata > Export keywords, select a location for
the keywords file, and then click Save.
Create and apply keyword shortcuts
Keyword shortcuts let you quickly apply one or more keywords to multiple photos. After you define the shortcut, you
apply it using the Add Keyword command in the context menu, or by using the Painter tool. See
Add or remove
keywords using the Painter tool .
1 In the Library module, do one of the following:
• Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) one keyword tag in the Keyword List panel and choose Use
This As Keyword Shortcut from the menu. Skip step 2.
• Choose Metadata > Set Keyword Shortcut.
2 In the Set Keyword Shortcut dialog box, type one or more keyword tags, separating them with commas, and then
click Set.