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sophieturgeon · 01-05-2015, 07:57 PM

Hello,

OK I need help again! As I have mentioned in the past I have an extra=large library that I am trying to organize. I have been able to download the metadata for almost all of my books. Now I am trying to organize the tags. I don’t want to use any of the tags given by the publishers. They have too many for the same thing and they can be vague. I am currently doing this manually which is mad because I have thousands of books. The way things are going, I’ll be a very old woman by the time I’m finished.

I am updating the tags based on the reading in the comment field in the metadata. I look for specific words; for example if the words “murder” “killer” “killed” “murderer” or a question mark appear in the comments field, I will tag the book “suspense/mystery”.

I am no programmer, never was. But I have created enough simple macros in excel to know something like that is possible. I remember creating some kind of look up tables with “if” formulas. That was over 7 years ago, so I don’t remember much from those days.

That I know of, no plugins like that has been written yet. Can you tell me where I might find the very simple written instructions, or a video or something? I have a lot of difficulty understanding the info and terms used in the calibre help site: For someone like me, it is like reading a foreign language. I look forward to any suggestions you might have. Thanks again!

01-05-2015, 07:57 PM	#1
sophieturgeon Trouble Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Quebec City Device: Nook	How to quickly create tag based on word in the comments field Hello, OK I need help again! As I have mentioned in the past I have an extra=large library that I am trying to organize. I have been able to download the metadata for almost all of my books. Now I am trying to organize the tags. I don’t want to use any of the tags given by the publishers. They have too many for the same thing and they can be vague. I am currently doing this manually which is mad because I have thousands of books. The way things are going, I’ll be a very old woman by the time I’m finished. I am updating the tags based on the reading in the comment field in the metadata. I look for specific words; for example if the words “murder” “killer” “killed” “murderer” or a question mark appear in the comments field, I will tag the book “suspense/mystery”. I am no programmer, never was. But I have created enough simple macros in excel to know something like that is possible. I remember creating some kind of look up tables with “if” formulas. That was over 7 years ago, so I don’t remember much from those days. That I know of, no plugins like that has been written yet. Can you tell me where I might find the very simple written instructions, or a video or something? I have a lot of difficulty understanding the info and terms used in the calibre help site: For someone like me, it is like reading a foreign language. I look forward to any suggestions you might have. Thanks again!