Help with Title -> Title Sort Metadata Editing

sehlat · 07-03-2017, 03:38 PM

I've got a huge project going to get all my eBooks of whatever format into a full-on Calibre-based library. One thing I'm hitting is I frequently have to manually edit the titles one at a time.When I update the Title, I want the Title sort: column to be updated automatically, just the way the Author -> Author Sort columns update in bulk edits.

Is there a setting/option/tweak anywhere in the preferences that will set this up? I'd like to save as much time as possible so I can get back to reading. Thanks.

Krazykiwi · 07-03-2017, 04:04 PM

The quality check plugin has a "Check author sort" option, which will find all the ones that are "wrong". You can then go through that list, unmark any that are actually ok for whatever reason, and then use the bulk metadata edit to fix them all in one go.

BetterRed · 07-03-2017, 06:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sehlat

One thing I'm hitting is I frequently have to manually edit the titles one at a time.When I update the Title, I want the Title sort: column to be updated automatically.

If you edit the Title in the book list (F2 on the book title cell) I think you'll find it applies the changes to Title Sort.

BR

sehlat · 07-07-2017, 01:48 AM

@Krazykiwi, @BetterRed Thank you both. Both of your suggestions have been invaluable and helped enormously with my library loading, both "in process" and after they've been moved to the appropriate library.

07-03-2017, 03:38 PM	#1
sehlat Enthusiast Posts: 31 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2010 Device: iPhone Marvin, Marvin 3	Help with Title -> Title Sort Metadata Editing I've got a huge project going to get all my eBooks of whatever format into a full-on Calibre-based library. One thing I'm hitting is I frequently have to manually edit the titles one at a time.When I update the Title, I want the Title sort: column to be updated automatically, just the way the Author -> Author Sort columns update in bulk edits. Is there a setting/option/tweak anywhere in the preferences that will set this up? I'd like to save as much time as possible so I can get back to reading. Thanks.

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07-03-2017, 04:04 PM	#2
Krazykiwi Zealot Posts: 137 Karma: 2156958 Join Date: Jan 2013 Device: Too many random androids to list	The quality check plugin has a "Check author sort" option, which will find all the ones that are "wrong". You can then go through that list, unmark any that are actually ok for whatever reason, and then use the bulk metadata edit to fix them all in one go.

07-07-2017, 01:48 AM	#4
sehlat Enthusiast Posts: 31 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2010 Device: iPhone Marvin, Marvin 3	@Krazykiwi, @BetterRed Thank you both. Both of your suggestions have been invaluable and helped enormously with my library loading, both "in process" and after they've been moved to the appropriate library.