Column Data Editor

Access: Menu > View > Column Page, Column Tab, <Alt+C>

The Column Page is used to make identical editing changes to the same field of every file listed in the Main Editor. The Title, Artist, Album, Comment and other fields can be selected for this type of mass editing. Similar in operation and features to the Rename Page, the Column Editor scans for and replaces selected text, or will capitalize every word in accordance with your selection. Also like the Rename Page, a Preview Window is used to view the results of any proposed edit action before changes are committed to tags. Use the Data Source Button on the Center Toolbar to choose from which Main Editor page tag data are retrieved for editing.

Column Editing Control Panel -

Capitalization: Serves as both a function selector and a function indicator. Click to select the intended next preview type, either a "Capitalization Preview" or a "Substitution Preview."

Apply Rename Auto Edit Options: Apply all applicable and enabled auto-edit options on the Options Panel to tag data during creation of each Preview.

Column Select: Chooses the tag field/Editor column to be edited by this page.

Caps: Selects the capitalization type to be applied during creation of a Preview. When set to "Capitalize," each word is capitalized. When set to "All Upper," all letters in all words are converted to uppercase. If set to "All Lower," all letters in each word are lowercased.

Substitution: Use this feature to mass-replace text typed into the Replace box with any other text typed in the With box. The Preview Window tag data are scanned for the "Replace" text and, if found, replaced by the "With" text.

Clear: Removes all text from both the Replace and the With text boxes.

Replace: Enter text in this box to have it replaced or deleted from all tags in the tag field selected.

With: Enter text into in this box to be substituted for the text in the Replace text box. Leave the box empty to have the "Replace" text simply removed.

Preview: Previews proposed tag changes in the Preview Window before they are applied to files themselves.

Preview Undo: "Backtracks" through previews already created, removing them one-by-one in the reverse order in which they were created.

Apply: Writes previewed changes to the actual tags.

Apply Undo: Restores tag fields to their original contents before the last Apply.

Click on the Preview Window at any time during an "Apply" or Apply "Undo" operation to pause or cancel an operation in progress. Manual editing of data in the Preview Window is permitted; however, manual editing causes any accumulated Preview Undo's to be discarded, and there is no "undo" provided after a manual edit is committed.