Annotate in the Info panel

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Microsoft Expression Media uses the Info panel to give you an easy way to quickly review all the properties and metadata of an image. You can also use the Info panel to assign annotations to a single item or to a selection of media items.

Expression Media has an auto-completion feature that assists you in typing annotation terms. For example, if you type "S", Expression Media completes the term with the nearest term from the field's vocabulary that starts with "S".

If a word is auto-completed, press the ENTER key to assign it as the term. Or, you can press the TAB key to apply the existing term and advance to the next field.

Annotating in the Info panel

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To annotate in the Info panel

  1. Select the item(s) you want to annotate, and then do one of the following:

    • In the Info panel, click the Info toolbar button.

    • On the Window menu, click Infopanel.

  2. Type information into the Annotations fields (for example, Description, Date Created, Keywords, or Categories).

  3. Click the Save Changes icon Cc294677.6cbdf413-8fd9-4b94-a5b0-9111fa7c8bba(en-us,Expression.10).jpg at the top of the Info panel to confirm changes (or the Discard changes icon Cc294677.fee35a96-5cdd-4650-8fe9-7dba927db61b(en-us,Expression.10).jpg to discard changes to the Recycle Bin).

  4. To apply the annotation to multiple items, select Apply to All items in the Confirmation dialog box.

    All selected items should now have the annotations you typed.