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S_Beller
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May 5, 2011
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P: Find keyword by synonym

  • May 5, 2011
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When searching for a keyword in the keyword list (using the keyword filter) only matches with keywords but not those matching with synonyms are displayed.
In Lr 2 also matches of those keywords were displayed which had a synonym match.
I would like this to be an option in Lr 3, too, maybe user-definable.
Usecases: I've got a large list of keywords with most of them having at least one synonym (my keywords are in German and I use synonyms for english translations and other synonyms). (1) When I look for the existence of a keyword I would like to make sure that I've not included it as a synonym already. (2) While searching for a specific topic sometimes I can only remember the synonym (yes, growing older...). In Lr2 I could find it easily by keyword filter.

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    Rich Wagner
    Participating Frequently
    May 10, 2015
    Not hard. No motivation, no resources allocated. Overall, this "update" was a yawn.
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    Johan Zwarthoed
    Participant
    May 10, 2015
    LR6/CC released. Still no changes in het keyword/synonym handling. How hard can it be?
    ChrisGVE
    ChrisGVE
    Participant
    April 6, 2015
    I hope that this will be addressed in LR6, otherwise I'll really wonder why Adobe has even a feedback forum if it doesn't listen to any of it!
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    January 3, 2015
    I second earlier stated issues, when having keywords and synonyms covering several languages/terminologies.
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    July 2, 2014
    Yes this definitely needs to be addressed, I have Finnish bird names as synonyms for the English ones and it would be great being able to search for a Finnish bird name in the keyword list's filter and have the English keyword pop up as a result. Adobe please add this functionality, it wouldn't clutter up the keyword list because the search results would show the equivalent keywords, not the synonyms.

    I know that you can search for synonyms in the library filter's text section, but search capability within the keyword list filter is much more convenient and useful!
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    Rich Wagner
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    October 26, 2013
    LR 5.2 and still no synonym search in the Keyword List. Everything has improved dramatically in LR 5 except metadata. It's still messed up. I also have a huge controlled vocabulary with synonyms, and I was hoping I could just stick with LR and not PhotoMechanic. No way - screwed again.
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    SupremeToad
    Participant
    August 30, 2012
    Synonym search is a must. You simply have to enable it, even as an option in the preferences menu.
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    cryptoref
    Participating Frequently
    June 4, 2012
    Very disappointed in the handling of synonyms. What in the world are they in the product for? If you can't search for them they are worthless. I suppose one could export the keylist, have that open in a separate word processor, and then search inside of the doc for your keyword and then search again in LR. Yep that sounds exactly what i want to do when keywording. But yet that's what we have to do. Here's hoping that someone reads this.
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    May 30, 2012
    I really want synonym support for the keyword search too. Please!
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    Louie Sherwin
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    April 5, 2012
    Thanks for the info John. I forgot that this was possible. This does, however, illustrate how inconsistent access to keyword info is in LR and reinforces the idea that keyword management in LR desperately needs a redo.

    -louie
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