# How to add the same text to the tag for all files
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-add-the-same-text-to-the-tag-for-all-files/42724
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 21, 2018, 7:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-add-the-same-text-to-the-tag-for-all-files/42724 "2018-08-21T19:07:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@DonJ](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DonJ)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2018, 7:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-add-the-same-text-to-the-tag-for-all-files/42724/1 "2018-08-21T19:07:43Z")
For example, the tags are like this 'Cello Suite 1 - mvnt 1', 'Cello Suite 1 - mvnt 2' and I would like to add the text 'J S Bach : ' to every tag so the first one would look like 'J S Bach : Cello Suite 1 - mvmt 1' and the rest would follow the same format.
Thanks,
Don
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2018, 7:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-add-the-same-text-to-the-tag-for-all-files/42724/2 "2018-08-21T19:11:31Z")
see the FAQs:
> [@Actions and batch-operations](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/actions-and-batch-operations/967/5):
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> How to append the string " xyz" to the content of a tag field? Create a [new action](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/actions/967/2) in an existing action group and choose Format value as action type. Field specifies the tag field the formatting rule should be applied to. Format string must have the field placeholder for the field selected above and the string which should be appended. Example: If you want to append the string " xyz" to the current value of the comment field: Action type: Format value Field: COMMENT Format string: %com…
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### Author:  [@DonJ](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DonJ)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2018, 5:16am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-add-the-same-text-to-the-tag-for-all-files/42724/3 "2018-08-23T05:16:42Z")
Thanks for the help.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-add-the-same-text-to-the-tag-for-all-files/42724/4 "2026-02-09T12:27:36Z")