Thread: Copy data from Title field to IDs field
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Old 09-15-2012, 08:10 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by rlh3 View Post
I have a collection of several hundred pdfs that have the isbn of the book as the title. Is there a way to have calibre copy the title information into the ids field (with the 'isbn:' added to it) so that I can use the metadata download to populate all of the other fields?
I really am not looking forward manually correcting all of teh metada on these if there is no automated process...

Thanks
Use the Bulk Metadata Edit Search and Replace (with care).
You should be able to craft a replace term that includes the needed isbn: prefix
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