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diff --git a/help/C/organize-tag.page b/help/C/organize-tag.page new file mode 100644 index 0000000..86f2d0c --- /dev/null +++ b/help/C/organize-tag.page @@ -0,0 +1,94 @@ +<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" + type="guide" + id="tag"> + + <info> + <link type="guide" xref="index#organize"/> + <desc>Organize photos by labelling them.</desc> + + <link type="seealso" xref="event"/> + + <link type="next" xref="title"/> + </info> + + <title>Tagging photos</title> + + <p> + You can assign one or more tags to selected photos. + A tag can be one or more words that you want to associate with + those photos. + </p> + + <p> + To add new tags to photos, select the photos you would like to + tag, then do any of the following: + </p> + + <list> + <item><p>Choose <guiseq><gui>Tags</gui><gui>Add Tags</gui></guiseq>.</p></item> + <item><p>Type <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>T</key></keyseq>.</p></item> + <item><p>Drag the selected photos and drop them on the desired tag.</p></item> + </list> + + <p> + When you use <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>T</key></keyseq> or + <guiseq><gui>Tags</gui><gui>Add Tags</gui></guiseq> you can type + in the names of one or more tags, separated by commas. + Once you have created a tag, you can rename it by selecting that + tag in the sidebar and choosing + <guiseq><gui>Tags</gui><gui>Rename Tag "[name]"</gui></guiseq>, + by rightclicking on it and choose <gui>Rename...</gui> or + double-click on the tag in the sidebar. + </p> + + <p> + To change which tags are associated with a particular photo, + select that photo, choose + <guiseq><gui>Tags</gui><gui>Modify Tags</gui></guiseq> or + right-click on a photo and select <gui>Modify Tags</gui> and + edit the comma separated list. + To remove a tag from one or more photos, first select that tag + in the sidebar, then select the photos you would like to remove, + and choose + <guiseq><gui>Tags</gui><gui>Remove Tag "[name]" from Photos</gui></guiseq> + or right-click on the photos an select + <gui>Remove Tag "[name]" from Photos</gui>. + </p> + + <p> + To delete a tag entirely, select that tag in the sidebar and choose + <guiseq><gui>Tags</gui><gui>Delete Tag "[name]"</gui></guiseq> + or by right-click and select <gui>Delete Tag "[name]"</gui>. + </p> + + <p> + When you create a tag, it will appear in the sidebar under the + Tags item, which is hidden if there are no tags. Photos can have + multiple tags attached to them, and when you click on the name + of a given tag in the sidebar, you will see all the photos + associated with that tag. + </p> + + <section id="hierarchaicaltags"> + <title>Hierarchical Tags</title> + <p> + Shotwell supports also hierarchial tags. You can + rearrange your tags by drag and drop a tag onto another. + To create a new subtag right-click on a tag and select + <gui>New</gui>. + </p> + + <p> + Hierarchial tags can help you to sort your tag list in + ways that better match how you work or think; for example, + you can store location tags like "Mountains" or "Beach" + under a parent tag "Places", which itself can be placed + under the tag "Summer Holidays". + </p> + + <p> + Note that deleting a parent tag will also delete its + child tags. + </p> + </section> +</page> |