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Old 05-30-2018, 07:19 AM   #7
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Thanks David!

I added to changes (in bold) to the instructions for future reference:

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Originally Posted by chaley View Post
Use bulk metadata search/replace. Assuming that your genre column has the type "comma-separated text, like tags...", use the following process.
  1. Make a backup of your library in case things go very wrong.
  2. Select all the books you wish to change
  3. Press 'E' to get bulk metadata edit
  4. Select the search/replace tab
  5. Select "Regular Expression" from the "Search mode" menu
  6. Search field: tags
  7. Search for: type a space [ ]
  8. Replace with: leave empty
  9. Destination field: #genre
  10. Press Apply
  11. Click the "Basic metadata" tab
  12. Check the "Remove all" box next to "Remove tags"
  13. Press OK
All the tags will have be copied to #genre and deleted from tags.
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