Bob W mused: > > Hi, > > > In that case your version of WinXP behaves differently from my version. > > > If I bring up the "properties" dialog with only one file selected, > > I can change Title and/or Comments (and a few other properties). > > [Interestingly enough, Category shows up, but can not be altered] > > > With multiple files selected, all those property fields are disabled. > > I can still see the boxes in the dialog, but they are greyed out. > > I think you are looking at the Simple view of the Summary tab. Try > clicking the 'Advanced >>' button. You should get a table of (Property, > Value) pairs. The properties whose value can be edited have an icon at > the left showing a sheet of paper with a pen over it. Click in the > value to open a text box. You can edit these when you have multiple > files selected.
The greyed-out description is, indeed, in the "Simple" view. But clicking in the "Advanced" view wasn't working, either. Further poking around, though, has identified the possible problem: you have to click on the right part of that Title property line. (That's right as opposed to left, *and* right as opposed to wrong) If you don't have anything currently in the title field, there's absolutely nothing to visually distinguish the text box (where clicking works) from the caption (where clicking has no effect). Just another wonderful part of the Windows User Interface experience.
