Adding tags creates new tags in the current library only.

1. Click the New Tag button to add a new tag to the tree.
   
   If a tag is selected, the new tag will be added below the selected tag. If no tag is selected, the new tag will be added to the bottom of the tag tree.

2. Type a name for the tag.

3. Press Enter.

4. If you want to change the icon used to display the tag, right-click it and choose Edit from the shortcut menu to display the Tag Editor dialog.

5. If you want to change the tag's location, drag it to a new location in the tag tree.

1. Select a tag in the tag tree.

2. Click the Delete Selected Tag button .

3. Click the OK button when prompted to delete the tag from your library.
   
   The tag is removed from the library and from all media files in the library. However, if the tag had been saved to the media file, it will be added to the library again the next time the file is added to the library if the Add tags and custom properties from files check box is selected in the Add Files to Media Library dialog.

To reduce the possibility of inadvertently losing information you created through meticulous tagging, create a backup of your library before deleting a tag. You may also want to consider creating an Inactive tag and moving unused tags below that tag rather than deleting them.

If you remove tags from the reference library, tags will not be applied when you Add Files to Media Library.

Merging tags combines a selected tag with its subtags and removes the subtags from your library permanently.

For example, if you created too many tags when you organized your bass loops, you could right-click the Basses tag and choose Merge Subtags into Selected Tag from the shortcut menu.

The Jazz Basses, Jazz/Rock Basses, and Jazz/Funk Basses subtags would be combined with the main Basses tag, and the subtags would be removed from the library. All media formerly associated with the subtags would be associated with the Basses tag.

Tags are displayed in a tree view in the Media Manager window. You can organize tags hierarchically: click the Expand button to expand a list, or click the Collapse button to hide an expanded list.

You can drag, copy, and paste tags within the list to arrange them and create parent and child tags.

You can also display tags in a palette view by clicking the Change Tags View button .

Right-click a tag and choose Sort Current Level to sort tags in ascending order. Tag names that begin with numbers are displayed first, and then tag names that start with letters are displayed. Subtags are not sorted:

In the following example, right-clicking the "D" tag and choosing Sort Current Level, sorts only the parent-level tags:
In the following example, right-clicking the "3" tag and choosing Sort Current Level, sorts only the child-level tags:

 

1. Double-click a tag (or right-click a tag and choose Edit from the shortcut menu) to display the Tag Editor dialog.

2. In the Tag name box, type the name you want to display for the tag.

3. Select the icon that will be displayed for the tag.

4. Click the OK button to apply your changes and close the Tag Editor dialog.

The palette view provides another way of working with tags that can be useful for more focused searching. You can use a palette to concentrate on a portion of the current tag tree.

In the palette view, tags are displayed as a grid of buttons instead of the standard hierarchical tag tree.

Click the Change Tags View button to toggle the display of the tag tree and palette view.

Click the down arrow next to the button to choose a saved palette or create a new palette.

Creating a palette

1. Click the down arrow next to the Change Tags View button and choose New Palette from the menu. The New Palette dialog is displayed.

2. In the Name box, type the name you want to use to identify the palette.

3. In the Rows box, specify the number of rows of buttons you want to display in the palette.

4. In the Columns box, specify the number of columns of buttons you want to display in the palette.

5. Click OK to create the palette. The palette is displayed as a grid with empty buttons.

Renaming a palette

1. Right-click any button in the palette and choose Edit Current Palette from the shortcut menu. The Edit Palette dialog is displayed.

2. Type a new name for the palette in the Name box.
   
   The new name is displayed when you click the down arrow next to the Change Tags View button to recall the saved palette.

Assigning palette buttons

1. Perform either of the following actions to display the Tag Chooser dialog:

2. Click an empty palette button.

—or—

1. Click an existing button and choose Choose Tag from the shortcut menu.

2. Select the tag you want to assign to the button.

3. Click the OK button.

Clearing a button

Right-click a palette button and choose Clear from the shortcut menu.

Deleting a saved palette

1. Right-click a palette button and choose Delete Current Palette from the shortcut menu.

2. Click the OK button when prompted to delete the palette from your library.

Perform the following procedure to save tags and properties to files.

Saving tags and properties to files makes all your organization portable: if tags and custom properties are saved to files, that information will be preserved in the files and can be added to the library by selecting the Add tags and custom properties from files check box in the Add Files to Media Library dialog.

Saving tags and properties to files affects only the current media library and libraries that you create after saving the information. If you have multiple libraries, you can add embedded tags and custom columns to existing libraries by opening the desired library and rescanning your media folders with the Add tags and custom properties from files check box selected in the Add Files to Media Library dialog. Embedded file properties are also updated when you preview or add media to a project.  

1. Perform a search to find the files for which you want to save tags and custom properties.

2. Select media files in the Search Results pane. Hold Ctrl or Shift to select multiple files.

3. Click the Save Tags and Properties to Files button (or right-click a selected file and choose Save Tags and Properties to Files from the shortcut menu).
   
   Information about tags associated with the file or information that you edited in the Search Results pane is saved to the selected files.
   
   Metadata can be saved internally for the following file formats:

4. MP3

5. Windows Media Format (WMA and WMV)

6. WAV

7. WAV64

8. SFA

9. PCA

10. Scott Studios

For other file types, the Media Manager tool will save metadata to an .sfl file (using the same base name as your media file).