Hi, I need some help with custom metadata set up for a set of documents?

[johnniej50581681]

We are using Adobe Acrobat XI Pro to scan and OCR various types of files.  For a set of files, say agriculture files, I'd like to set up some custom metadata property fields instead of the standard File, Title, Author, Subject, Keyword.  I would like to be able to do this in the beginning for this set of files, but I haven't been able to figure out how/where to do this at.  The only thing I've come across is after a document is scanned I can go in and customize the metadata then.  But by doing this, I would have to do this to each file I scan which would mean a lot more time.  Could anyone tell me how I can set up a custom metadata set for a document or file type ahead of time and then be able to scan each of my documents using the custom metadata?  Any help would be appreciated.  I feel there may be a simple answer for this that I'm just over looking.

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[try67]

I'm not sure that's possible, but what is possible is to use an Action to apply the same metadata values to multiple (existing) files in a single process.

[johnniej50581681]

Thanks Try67. I thought after looking around for quite a while as well as looking through the forum post that this may not be possible except at the document by document level. ☹ Can you tell me how I could use an Action to apply the same metadata value to multiple existing files?

Thanks for the input!

[try67 · Accepted solution]

Go to Tools - Action Wizard and create a new Action.

Add an "Add Document Description" command from the Content sub-panel to your Action, and then a "Save" command from the "Save & Export" sub-panel.

Click the "Add Document Description" item on the right and untick the "Prompt User Input" box. Then click the Specify Settings button and fill in the metadata values you want to insert.

Now save your Action and then you can run it from the Action Wizard by clicking it, selecting which files/folders to run it on, and then clicking Start.

[johnniej50581681]

Thanks Try67, appreciate the help.