# Text column field does not fill with m4a files that already contain text
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/text-column-field-does-not-fill-with-m4a-files-that-already-contain-text/63434
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 15, 2024, 8:45am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/text-column-field-does-not-fill-with-m4a-files-that-already-contain-text/63434 "2024-01-15T08:45:53Z")
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### Author:  [@clalos33](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/clalos33)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2024, 8:45am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/text-column-field-does-not-fill-with-m4a-files-that-already-contain-text/63434/1 "2024-01-15T08:45:53Z")
Greetings. On the main page I inserted a "Text" column. I need it to check whether I have inserted the lyrics between the tags in a series of songs (synchronized or not). Strangely, for "flac" type files the field fills up; for "Alac"(m4a) it does not fill. How to make sure that it is filled also for the "alacs"? Thank you.
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### Author:  [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2024, 8:55am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/text-column-field-does-not-fill-with-m4a-files-that-already-contain-text/63434/2 "2024-01-15T08:55:09Z")
Have a look at the extended tag-view (ALT-t) of your problematic files whether you can find your expected lyrics and in which tagfield they are saved. This should correspo0nd to your created column.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/text-column-field-does-not-fill-with-m4a-files-that-already-contain-text/63434/3 "2026-02-09T12:30:13Z")