APerture 2.1.3 Issue

I keyword all my photos, and do it really fast by selecting all the photos i want to keyword, by Command clicking, with say 'Jesse' and then hit my shortcut key '2' and they all get that keyword. This is no longer working since i updated to 2.1.3. Instead of keywording all of the selected photos itr just does the one with the thicker white outline. Another thing i tried is selecting multiple images and rotating them all but only one rotates(the one with the thicker white outline.) Any thoughts as to why this happens or if it can be fixed. Thanks
--JZ

hi!
maybe you have the "primary variant only" button pressed?
(the square button with"1" in it)
only the selected variant is processed then.
greetings wolfger

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http://blogs.oreilly.com/aperture/2008/06/printing-tips.html
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Ernie,
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