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Keywords may be used as search criteria from within the "Find" panel.Each keyword may have a list of synonyms that are exported with it.
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If the database becomes corrupted, your keywords are still intact.
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Various DAM tools have the concept of both keywords and "Collections" (although each tool has its own name for collections iMatch, for example, calls them categories).