# Global copy from field to field?
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/global-copy-from-field-to-field/5964
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 27, 2007, 6:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/global-copy-from-field-to-field/5964 "2007-12-27T18:07:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Fortuitous](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Fortuitous)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2007, 6:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/global-copy-from-field-to-field/5964/1 "2007-12-27T18:07:21Z")
Hi gang,
Pleased and impressed newbie here. Let me know where I missed this in the documentation:
For each file in a folder, I would like to copy whatever is in the Artist field to the Comment field.
Consider a Beatles tribute disc. I'd like to put Beatles as artist for all tracks, but don't want to lose the actual artists, so I want to put that data in the comment field. How do I do that without copying each artist field individually?
(Remember, different files will have different artists. I'm looking for a _global_ copy from field to field procedure.)
Thanks much,
fortuitous
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### Author:  [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2007, 10:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/global-copy-from-field-to-field/5964/2 "2007-12-27T22:25:16Z")
Create a new action with these settings:
_Action type:_ **Format value**
_Field:_ **COMMENT**
_Format string:_ **%artist%**
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### Author:  [@Fortuitous](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Fortuitous)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2007, 11:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/global-copy-from-field-to-field/5964/3 "2007-12-27T23:36:46Z")
Perfect. Powerful program. Thanks very much.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/global-copy-from-field-to-field/5964/4 "2026-02-09T12:20:40Z")