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Editing Tag database
Hi,
I have asked on a few forums about this issue re the location of and how to edit - the tags database in Excel/Windows File Manager - and have had a few folks guess at the solution but have never got to the root of the issue - which is how to access this "tags" database so as to be able to delete some misspelled words or items that are no longer required to appear in the drop down list.
Any thoughts ?
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Tags are kept within files and are supported, for example, by all xml-based Office files, pictures as png and jpeg.
If you unzip any office file you may tag within file structure in core.xml, it looks like
- Thanks Sergei but I have no way of interpreting what you are explaining.
Cheers.
OwenI only tried to answer on question where tags are kept - they are within files. There is no external database. To edit use File->Info->Properties
- This might help.
https://www.techrepublic.com/blog/microsoft-office/use-windows-tags-property-to-manage-office-files/- Hi Erol,
Thanks for this - I emailed the articles author with my question but she has not responded.
Cheers,
Owen
