# How do I ...
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i/12317
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [July 23, 2011, 8:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i/12317 "2011-07-23T20:10:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@rjemery](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rjemery)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2011, 8:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i/12317/1 "2011-07-23T20:10:39Z")
Using mp3tag v2.49, I have an album where the twenty tracks are encoded with the Title tag as "Artist - Title" and the Artist tag as "Various". Using the Title tag as a source, how do I change Title to show only "Title" and the Artist tag to show "Artist"?
Example, Track 1:
Title: Love Unlimited Orchestra - Love's Theme
Artist: Various
After conversion:
Title: Love's Theme
Artist: Love Unlimited Orchestra
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2011, 5:06am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i/12317/2 "2011-07-24T05:06:36Z")
> [@RJ Emery](#):
>
> Title: Love Unlimited Orchestra - Love's Theme
> Artist: Various
> After conversion:
> Title: Love's Theme
> Artist: Love Unlimited Orchestra
Create your a user-defined action or use a "action (quick)" of the type "Split tag-fields"
as source use TITLE
as mask enter:
%artist% - %title%
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### Author:  [@rjemery](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rjemery)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2011, 7:55am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i/12317/3 "2011-07-24T07:55:04Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
>
> Create your a user-defined action or use a "action (quick)" of the type "Split tag-fields"
> as source use TITLE
> as mask enter:
> %artist% - %title%
I don't know how to carry out your suggestion. Could you provide step-by-step instructions? How do I create the user-defined action, and how do I apply it?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2011, 11:12am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i/12317/4 "2011-07-24T11:12:09Z")
> [@RJ Emery](#):
>
> I don't know how to carry out your suggestion. Could you provide step-by-step instructions? How do I create the user-defined action, and how do I apply it?
Reading is clearly an advantage - e.g. in the (really) frequently asked questions.
So start here:
[/t/967/1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/967/1)
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### Author:  [@rjemery](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rjemery)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2011, 12:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i/12317/5 "2011-07-24T12:58:31Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
>
> Reading is clearly an advantage - e.g. in the (really) frequently asked questions.
> So start here:
> [/t/967/1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/967/1)
Too much effort and too late a response to accomplish my simple task. I made the changes manually -- much easier than wading through documentation which aren't explicit enough. The author of this program should consider creating wizards that step a user through most if not all capabilities. That said, mp3tag is a useful program for those functions I am able to utilize.
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### Author:  [@ryerman](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ryerman)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2011, 3:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i/12317/6 "2011-07-24T15:01:50Z")
> [@RJ Emery](#):
>
> Too much effort and too late a response to accomplish my simple task. I made the changes manually -- much easier than wading through documentation which aren't explicit enough. The author of this program should consider creating wizards that step a user through most if not all capabilities. That said, mp3tag is a useful program for those functions I am able to utilize.
Too little effort on your part and not enough patience to deserve any help.
You should consider educating yourself instead of expecting to be spoon-fed.
That said, you can make any changes manually.