.... The command line you wrote in your initial response was easy for me to follow; I find the script intimidating, and need a bit of assistance to get started. Also, I'm new to the mac.... 1. I think the first step is to add a column in Excel, which strings the preceeding columns together, so I end up with: exiftool FILENAME.pdf -title="a title" -subject="a subject" Once I have that done for all the records, do I copy the newly created concatenated column of text to a text file, such was with TextEditor.app? and save it was a .txt extension? 2. Do I copy the sample script into an Applescript window, or do I need to access Terminal.app? 3. Reading the script, I'm confused since you wrote that ExifTool doesn't parse tab-delimited files, but the script appears to be splitting up the values under the assumption that the lines are tab delimited..... .... I think I'll have additional questions, but I need the answer to #2 before I can proceed - Thanks Phil Marion