Applying Keywords in Aperture - why can't I do it?

I'm trying to apply keywords to images by dragging and dropping both from the keyword HUD and the keyword panel, but nothing is happening. Nothing appears either on the image or in metadata. Am I missing something really simple (happens a lot to us seniors), or is there another explanation? I would really appreciate some help on this as I've already spent a long time with Apple & Microsoft to no avail. I thought that upgrading from 3.0 to 3.1 might help, but no luck there either. I hope someone out there can help to stop me climbing the walls!!!

I'll try be of more help to you than Microsoft
Are you trying to apply keywords to multiple photos at once? If so it could be that you're in Primary Only mode and the keywords are only being applied to one picture at a time, giving you the impression they're not being applied at all (if you're not checking the selected pic). The control to toggle Primary on/off is the S key - which can easily be hit by mistake.
If not, try the following:
• Select a picture.
• Go to the Metadata pane and from the popup menu select General. You should see a Keywords field.
• Drag a keyword from the HUD. Has it been added?
• If not, type a keyword in the Keywords field.
• With the same picture selected go to Menubar>Metadata>Lift Metadata. When the Lift & Stamp HUD appears deselect everything except Keywords.
• Select a few pictures and click Stamp Selected Images in the HUD. Have the keywords been added to the selected pics?
Let us know how this goes…
Jade

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