| Typically, if you have imported a CD or purchased music from the iTunes Music Store, you shouldn't change most of the data that came from the source, such as name, artist, album, track number, and so on. Occasionally, a CD's information will come in incorrect (such as a misspelling in the artist's name); you'll probably want to fix such mistakes. Also, you can certainly add data in those fields that are empty. There are a couple of places in which you can change a song's tags. Labeling a Song in the Info Window You can use the Info window to change a song's tags, as you can see in the following steps: 1. | Open the Info window for the song whose information you want to change.
Tip  | If a genre isn't listed on the menu, you can add it to the menu by choosing Custom on the menu and then typing the genre you want to add. That genre will be added to the menu and associated with the current song. You can use genres you add just like those included by the default. |
| 2. | Click the Info tab. The Info pane will appear.
| 3. | Enter or change the information shown in the various fields. For example, you can change the song's name or artist. Or you might want to add comments about the song in the Comments box.
One of the more useful tags is Genre. This can be used for browsing and also in playlists.
| 4. | To change a song's genre, select the new genre on the Genre menu.
| 5. | When you are done entering or changing tags, click OK. The Info window will close, and any changes you made will be saved.
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Labeling Multiple Songs at the Same Time You can change some tags, such as Genre, for a group of songs at the same time. This can be a faster way to enter data because you can change multiple songs at the same time. Here are the steps to follow: 1. | Select the songs whose data you want to change.
Tip | To select multiple songs that are next to each other, hold the Shift key down while you click songs. To select multiple songs that aren't next to each other, hold the Ctrl (Windows) or  (Mac) key down while you click songs. |
| 2. | Open the Info window. You'll be prompted to confirm that you want to change the information for a group of songs.
| 3. | Click Yes to clear the prompt. (You might also want to check Do not ask me again so that you don't see this prompt each time you view info for multiple songs.) The Multiple Song Information window will appear (see Figure 15.5). The information and tools in this window work in the same way as they do for individual songs. The difference is that the information and settings apply to all the songs you have selected.
Figure 15.5. You can use this window to change the data for multiple songs at the same time. 
| 4. | Enter data in the fields, make changes to existing data, or use the other tools to configure the songs you have selected. As you change information, the check box next to the tag will become checked to show that you are changing that data for all the selected songs.
| 5. | When you are done making changes, click OK. The window will close and the changes you made will be saved.
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Labeling a Song in the Content Pane You can also edit tags within the Content pane: 1. | When you are viewing the song you want to label in the Content pane, click once on it to select it. It will become highlighted to show that you have selected it.
| 2. | Click once on the tag you want to edit. The tag will become highlighted to show that it is ready to be edited (see Figure 15.6).
Figure 15.6. You can also change tags from the Content pane. 
| 3. | Type the new information.
| 4. | Press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac). The changes you made will be saved.
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