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renaming a file
Renaming a file can be accomplished via the menu com- mand, Library>Rename Photo, but you can also do this right from the Metadata panel. You can rename a single file or modify an existing one just by typing in a new name
in the File Name field. For renaming multiple files at once, or to access the file-naming presets, click on the small icon to the right of the File Name field. This brings up the Rename Photo dialog, where you can choose a filename that Lightroom provides or create your own.
using metadata in the
slideshow module
Some of the default slide show templates include meta- data such as EXIF data, as well as caption and rating. You can also create your own template that can access other metadata fields and display that information on a slide. When the Text Overlays checkbox is turned on in the Overlays panel, click the ABC icon in the toolbar under the
Preview area to show the Text Overlays options. The first option will be for Custom Text, but if you click on Custom Text, you’ll get a pop-up menu with a range of choices
based on either EXIF or user-added metadata.
searching by metadata
Metadata can be used in searches when filtering your
image collection to show only images that meet a certain
criteria. In the Filter Bar (press the \\\\\\\\ [Backslash] key, if it’s hidden), click on Metadata, then click the column headers
to choose a new metadata search option. For example,
with photos taken with a camera phone, where location
services are turned on, or if you have other digital cameras
with GPS functionality, you can easily search your images
based on location that’s included in the camera-gener-
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