Lightroom Tip - Quick Keyword Entry using the Alt Key



Lightroom shows keywords as sets which can be customized, as in my set of Rivers keywords below.

Alt Keywords

A quick way to apply one of the keywords in the set to a single image, or selection of images, is to hold down the Alt key. The numbers 1 to 9 will appear in front of each keyword in the set.

Alt Keywords2

Holding down Alt and pressing one of the numbers from 1 to 9 will apply the keyword to whatever images you have selected. Depending on you method of working this can be much quicker than clicking on the individual keyword with the mouse.

Note this only works in the Library module as that is where you enter keywords. Pressing Alt in Develop will let you reset the individual develop tool sliders.

Hope you find this useful.

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