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Old 03-31-2009, 08:19 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by kweller View Post
I select all 25 files then pull up the bulk editor but all fields are blank. What I'd like Calibre to do is where the data is the same across all selected files, e.g. the author's name in this case, pre-populate the fields with that data so all I have to do is replace 's' with 'd' rather than type the entire name. Where the existing data isn't exactly the same across all files the field would be left blank on the editing screen.
Ah OK - I thought you were talking about the ability do a bulk edit.

The pre-population of common data is not a bad idea, so it might be raising a ticket via the Calibre home page as an enhancement request to add this capability.
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