Hi Phil - I don't mind being called Phil - I'm thrilled to have the 'hand-holding' for this project, and I don't know why I've been so afraid of EXIFTool Command line operations all these years. OK - I have it working so that I can xfer Subject,Author,Title and Keywords, but I'm confused about Creation Date. I'm looking at your online help about PDF Info Tags, but I'm unclear whether I should be using TAG ID or TAG NAME (it's the only field on your little info table that is different in the Tag ID column and the Tag Name column.) - Thanks Marion