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Originally Posted by theducks
Charles
Any way to implement a simple Merge nTags into 1 Tag? (actually, the same goes for other similar fields (Authors, Series, Publisher) where variants are the bane of standardized data (AKA Change all these tags to 'This one')
The rename tag works, but is tedious (and prone to my fumbles  )
Bulk deleting a tag can tag orphan a book (you delete one tag without verifying/adding the desired tag ) |
The Manage * dialogs can do this without much ado. Open Manage Tags. Copy the desired name to the clipboard, then paste it into each item you want merged into the desired name (double-click or EditKey such as F2 on item, keyboard Paste such as Ctrl-V, Return).
In the authors case there is some question about which author link will be preserved. If the target author already exists then that link will be preserved. It the target author does not exist then the link of the first author processed will be preserved (I think). I don't know how to predict which author will be processed first.
In the series case the existing series indices will be preserved during the merge.