Cannot edit song info in iTunes

Under edit>>view options, iTunes has all of these categories that you can select. I can change in the information in the name, artist, album, and genre categories, but I can't edit information in the description or category columns. Is there a way to do this? (I tried looking under Get Info, but that doesn't work either.) I want to be able to have different descriptions or categories for songs in the same album, so the comment feature wasn't helpful either. I'm using Windows XP Home Edition 2002 and iTunes 6.

Hi ladymahogany, welcome!
Huh. I can't edit those 2 fields,either.
Look for a 3rd party tag editor on downloads.com.
I think "tag & rename" has had good reviews.

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If I knew how to edit that field I would have stated so - it is possible that the programers didn't allow editing for a particular reason - blame them - not the people trying to help you find a way around the your particular issue.
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