Global Spelling Change in the Caption Field

[dj_paige]

I returned from Italy with a lot of photos. About 12 were given the caption that includes the words Castello Sforzesco ... except because my Italian isn't that good, I spelled the caption wrong. So one photo has caption "Main entrance to Castello Sforesco", another has caption "Moat of Castello Sforesco" and so on.

Does Lightroom offer a way to globally change spelling in the caption field? Sort of like in MS Word, search for all occurrences of the wrong spelling and change it to the right spelling?

I think the answer is "No", but I thought I'd ask you experts.

 

[clee01l]

In the library Grid, select all images with the misspelled caption. In the right panel, click the <Sync Metadata> button In the pop-up dialog, correct the Caption and make sure it is the only field checked and continue to follow the instructions in the dialog pop-up.

 

[johnbeardy]

My Search Replace Transfer plug-in is designed for precisely this need.

 

[dj_paige]

[quote author=clee'1l link=topic=7952.msg54293#msg54293 date=1254'66764]
In the library Grid, select all images with the misspelled caption. In the right panel, click the <Sync Metadata> button In the pop-up dialog, correct the Caption and make sure it is the only field checked and continue to follow the instructions in the dialog pop-up.
[/quote]

Thanks, this only works if each photo gets the exact same caption; in my case, they are to get different captions with the correctly spelled word; so you have to make individual changes to each caption. I was hoping for a global solution.

 

[dj_paige]

[quote author=johnbeardy link=topic=7952.msg54298#msg54298 date=1254'7428']
My Search Replace Transfer plug-in is designed for precisely this need.
[/quote]

Great, I'll give this a try!

 

[Denis Pagé]

[quote author=dj_paige link=topic=7952.msg54279#msg54279 date=1254'5'867]
...About 12 were given the caption that includes the words Castello Sforzesco ...
[/quote]
Installing a plugin for only twelve!? Well, as long as it may be usefull in the future or for other things...

 

[dj_paige]

[quote author=Denis Pagé link=topic=7952.msg543'7#msg543'7 date=1254'8'143]
[quote author=dj_paige link=topic=7952.msg54279#msg54279 date=1254'5'867]
...About 12 were given the caption that includes the words Castello Sforzesco ...
[/quote]
Installing a plugin for only twelve!? Well, as long as it may be usefull in the future or for other things...
[/quote]

I don't know about you, but I happen to make a lot of spelling errors. I'm sure this plug-in (which worked as advertised) will help me out many many times.

 

[Denis Pagé]

John's plugin is a nice one!