batch exporting of captions

[Mancunian Way]

Hi
Is it possible to export the text from multiple captions into a single document?
I can export text from individual captions using Export - Text Exporter . I thought selecting a number of images before selecting Export - Text Exporter would export the text from all the images into a single document but it just exports the text from the first image selected.
Thanks
Chris

[Kirk Baker]

Chris,

Is it possible to export the text from multiple captions into a single document?
I can export text from individual captions using Export - Text Exporter . I thought selecting a number of images before selecting Export - Text Exporter would export the text from all the images into a single document but it just exports the text from the first image selected.

Yes.  I just tried it again myself.  I selected several images and then opened up the Exporter and chose the Text Exporter template.  I set a header and footer text so I could see where the captions began and ended.  I set the "Replace Carriage Returns & Line Feeds with Single Space (Excel friendly)" checkbox.  I entered {caption}{nl} in the middle text field.  I set the Saving option to "Save all as one file" and then clicked the "Export" button.  I chose a destination text file name and got a file with my header, the individual captions, one on each line, and my footer text.

HTH,

-Kirk

[Franz Dur]

Hello,

This is a nice trick. The nl is not needed, for example {city} {cnty} exports city and country separated by a space, one picture a line.

Francis

[Sven]

The {nl} creates a new line to have a single line per image.
Without the {nl} you will end up with a really long line depending on the image count where the meta data should be exported from.
Sven

[Mancunian Way]

cheers Kirk - followed your instructions and got it working

[Franz Dur]

Hi Sven:

Without {nl} this is what I get

Serre-Ponçon France
Serre-Ponçon France
Serre-Ponçon France
Crots France
Crots France
Crots France
Crots France
........................

Did you try?

Francis

[Sven]

Hi Francis,
no, I did not try it but referenced to the variable description...


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[Sven]

Did a quick test with and without the {nl}:
Both look the same