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Database
Select one or more of the following four check boxes to 
specify what type of database information to add to each 
file:
• 
Set description: This option adds a description to
the files. Type a description in the text field. You can
add up to 3,800 characters.
• 
Set author: This option adds an author to the files.
Type the author’s name in the text field. You can
add up to 79 characters.
• 
Set notes: This option adds notes to the files. Type
notes in the text field. You can add up to 4,095
characters.
• 
Set date: This option adds a date to the files.
Select one of the following three options to determine how
ACDSee should handle overwriting any existing database 
information:
• 
Never overwrite
• 
Always overwrite
Prompt
Add keywords
Select the Add keywords check box to add keywords to
the file. Type keywords in the text field. Keywords can be 
entered as free-form text and you can enter up to 1,023 
characters.
Set Categories
Click the Set Categories button to add the files to 
pre-existing categories. In the Select Categories dialog box, 
select one or more categories and click OK.
.
If there are no categories listed in the Select Categories 
dialog box, please see 
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