Is there any link between categories and keywords? If I categorise photos in iMatch can those category names be automatically written as keywords in the metadata?
Use the special @Keyword category hierarchy for that. This hierarchy mirrors the keywords in your files and offers additional features.
Search for @Keyword in the IMatch help system index to find the extensive documentation.
Thank you, Mario. I have looked at the help file but I can't see the solution to my query. Sorry if I have missed it. I have expansive categories which I have used for a long time but I would now like to also make use of keywords. I can't see a way to transfer my categorised photos data to @keywords so that all the work I have done in categories can now become keywords also. Is there a way?
Your question was unclear.
I now understand that you have never used keywords, or you have and you have additional category assignments you now want to transfer into keywords?
By searching the community for categories into keywords I found this:
https://www.photools.com/community/index.php?topic=6319.msg43670#msg43670
Ferdinand has written a good tutorial:
https://www.photools.com/community/index.php?topic=3428.msg22482#msg22482
This should be helpful.
Thank you.