Add / remove keywords in bridge

[arcterex]

This is a bit of an odd question, hopefully I can describe it properly.  I'm keywording in bridge and have occasionally have to add a keyword to many files, some of which already have that keyword applies. When I select the files the keyword in question in the bridge panel it has a bar in it ('-') indicating that it's applied already to some of the files.

I can't just click it to apply the keyword to all files that don't have it already, and I don't see a "good" way to get around this.  My question is, can I somehow set that to all? 

So far I've had to do silly / odd things like do a search for all files in the folder that don't have the keyword, and apply it then.  Not a good way.  Pointers please.

Thanks.

[peterkrogh]

arctex (if that *is* your real name),
THis is one example of why I would say that Bridge is not a particularly suitable tool for custom metadata creation (other than Ratings).  It's slow, clumsy and prone to fumbling when applying keywords to large groups that are individually selected.

It's fine for Bulk Metadata, as applied by templates, but not so good for this kind of work.
Peter

[arcterex]

Thanks Peter (if that is your real name

Just making sure I wasn't missing something obvious!

Alan