Adding Keywords to old pics

If I import old folders of say a certain vacation and add keywords, how to do I get the keywords attached to the old pictures. I can understand how it works when I moving pics from the camera to the PC via LR where I import save and add keywords all in one step but do I have to export of what to get the new keywords assigned to the old pictures?
Thanks
RR

I have kind of the same question as RR if I understand him correct, to specify: I have syncronised my two HDs, on my stationary PC and the external HD used with my laptop. I am a relatively new user of LR, and was planning to do much of the keyword work to already existing pictures on my laptop, more practicable to place and time. Then I was planning to import those new keyword to the existing pictures on my stationary PC, my master catalog.
While trying to do so, using the "import from catalog" command (from the external HD), and then "import metadata and settings only" (while beeing in the master catalog) nothing is happening. The keywords that allready exist in the list will not connect to the pictures I had chosen in the external catalog, and new kewords is imported but not connected either. Hope this made sense! Am I overlooking something or is this the way to do it?
FinnH

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