File info in Preview?

I'm very impressed with the simplicity and speen of Preview for looking at photos. Many in our office need a simple program for browsing and viewing photos. Preview would seem to fit the bill except for one thing - they need to be able to read the caption/image description in the metadata and occasionally copy and paste it. However, the window that Preview brings up when you use the "Get info" command cuts off the right side of the captions. It does not seem to be sizeable to allow you to see the whole caption. Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Jim Powers

Hi, Jim. Welcome to the Discussions.
I presume you're referring to the Caption / Abstract listed under IPTC Properties in the Details tab in the window resulting from performing either of the following actions while viewing an image in Preview:
• Pressing Command-I.
• Selecting Tools > Get Info.
You are correct. Unfortunately, Preview does not wrap the text in long Caption / Abstract fields. The Get Info window can be resized up to a point by dragging the sizing handle in its lower-right corner, but it only appears to display a maximum of 80 characters.
I'd regard this as a design flaw and suggest you submit a Mac OS X Feedback.
There is a workaround to copy the full text of the caption from the Details tab.
1. Click in the area containing the details in the Details tab.
2. Using the mouse, select the Caption / Abrstract line and the blank line beneath it.
3. You can then either:• Press Command-C to Copy the full text of the Caption/Abstract. You can then Paste (Command-V) that info into another document.
• Drag that selection to the desktop to create a text clipping. Double-clicking the clipping will again show the full text of the Caption/Abstract.Good luck!
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    3. WHERE EACH PROPERTY NAME MAPS & OTHER NOTES
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    Date Scanned:                xmp_path: 'CreateDate'   Pre-existing property name
    Provider:    xmp_namespace: photoshop, xmp_path: 'Credit'    Pre-existing property name
    Provenance:    xmp_namespace: photoshop, xmp_path: 'Provenance'
    Description Provided By:  xmp_namespace: photoshop, xmp_path: 'DescriptionProvidedBy'  Pre-existing property name
    Description Surety:   xmp_namespace: photoshop, xmp_path: 'DescriptionSurety'
    Complete Subject Description:   xmp_namespace: photoshop, xmp_path: 'Description'   Pre-existing property name
    Informal Subject Description:  xmp_namespace: photoshop, xmp_path: 'Caption'   Pre-existing property name
    Media Description:   xmp_namespace: photoshop, xmp_path: 'MediaDescription'
    Annotations:     xmp_namespace: photoshop, xmp_path: 'Annotations'
    Special Editing/Alterations:  xmp_namespace: photoshop, xmp_path: 'SpecialEditing'
    City/County:    xmp_namespace: photoshop, xmp_path: 'City'    Pre-existing property name
    State:     xmp_namespace: photoshop, xmp_path: 'State'    Pre-existing property name
    Country:     xmp_namespace: photoshop, xmp_path: 'Country'   Pre-existing property name
    Photo Date:    xmp_namespace: photoshop, xmp_path: 'DateCreated'   Pre-existing property name
    Keywords:               xmp_path: 'Keywords'   Pre-existing property name
    4. WHERE TO INSTALL THE CUSTOM FILE INFO PANEL
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    The following was taken from "XMP Custom Panels," Adobe, Oct 2003.
    Each time an Adobe application opens the File Info dialog, it scans all the files in these directories and appends them to the file list. If more than one of the description files has
    the same panel name, the one found in the last file to be loaded is added, and others are ignored.
    Changes to the contents of the directories do not require you to reload an application; changes are automatically reflected in the dialog the next time it is opened.
    The panel description and localization dictionary files must reside in the following locations for use with Adobe Creative Suite applications:
    Mac OS X
    {Root Volume}/Library/Application Support/Adobe/XMP/Custom File Info Panels
    {Home Directory}/Library/Application/Adobe/XMP/Custom File Info Panels
    Windows
    \Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\XMP\Custom File Info Panels
    \Documents and Settings\<user>\Application Data\Adobe\XMP\Custom File Info Panels
    The panel description and localization dictionary files must reside in the following locations for use with Adobe Acrobat 7.0 or 6.0:
    Mac OS X
    {Root Volume}/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Custom File Info Panels
    {Home Directory}/Library/Preferences/Adobe/Custom File Info Panels
    Windows
    \Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\\Custom File Info Panels
    \Documents and Settings\<user>\Application Data\Adobe\Custom File Info Panels
    I actually do not understand how to write a panel but here is the actual panel:
    <?xml version="1.0">
    <!DOCTYPE panel SYSTEM "http://ns.adobe.com/custompanels/1.0">
    <panel title="$$$/CustomPanels/Acro/PanelName=Gen Photo (Private Collection)" version="1" type="custom_panel">
    group(placement: place_column, spacing: gLargeSpace, horizontal: align_fill, vertical: align_top)
    group(placement: place_row, spacing: gSpace, horizontal: align_fill, vertical: align_top, reverse: rtl_aware)
      static_text(name: '$$$/AWS/FileInfoLib/Panels/Description/DateCreated=Date Scanned:', font: font_small_bold_right, vertical: align_top);
      date_static_text(fbname: '$$$/AWS/FileInfoLib/Panels/Description/DateCreated=Date Scanned', name: '$$$/AWS/FileInfoLib/Panels/DateCreated=Created', xmp_path: 'CreateDate', horizontal: align_fill, vertical: align_top, truncate: true, locked: true);   
    group(placement: place_row, spacing: gSpace, horizontal: align_fill, vertical: align_top, reverse: rtl_aware)
      static_text(name: '$$$/CustomPanels/Genealogy/Provider=Provider:', font: font_small_bold_right, vertical: align_top);
      edit_text(fbname: '$$$/CustomPanels/Genealogy/Provider=Provider', horizontal: align_fill, font: font_small, xmp_namespace: photoshop, xmp_path: 'Credit', vertical: align_top);
      mru_popup(xmp_namespace: photoshop, xmp_path: 'Credit', container_type: alt_struct, no_check: true, vertical: align_top);
    group(placement: place_row, spacing: gSpace, horizontal: align_fill, vertical: align_top, reverse: rtl_aware)
      static_text(name: '$$$/CustomPanels/Genealogy/Provenance=Provenance:', font: font_small_bold_right, vertical: align_top);
      edit_text(fbname: '$$$/CustomPanels/Genealogy/Provenance=Provenance', horizontal: align_fill, height: gTextViewHeight, xmp_namespace: photoshop, xmp_path: 'Provenance', container_type: alt_struct, v_scroller: true);
      mru_popup(xmp_namespace: photoshop, xmp_path: 'Provenance', container_type: alt_struct, no_check: true, vertical: align_top);
    group(placement: place_row, spacing: gSpace, horizontal: align_fill, vertical: align_top, reverse: rtl_aware)
      static_text( name: '$$$/CustomPanels/Genealogy/DescriptionProvidedBy=Description Provided By:', font: font_small_bold_right, vertical: align_top);
      edit_text(fbname: '$$$/CustomPanels/Genealogy/DescriptionProvidedBy=Description Provided By', horizontal: align_fill, font: font_small, xmp_namespace: photoshop, xmp_path: 'DescriptionProvidedBy', vertical: align_top);
      mru_popup(xmp_namespace: photoshop, xmp_path: 'DescriptionProvidedBy', container_type: alt_struct, no_check: true, vertical: align_top);
    group(placement: place_row, spacing: gSpace, horizontal: align_fill, vertical: align_top, reverse: rtl_aware)
      static_text( name: '$$$/CustomPanels/Genealogy/DescriptionSurety=Description Surety:', font: font_small_bold_right, vertical: align_top);
      edit_text(fbname: '$$$/CustomPanels/Genealogy/DescriptionSurety=Description Surety', horizontal: align_fill, height: gTextViewHeight, xmp_namespace: photoshop, xmp_path: 'DescriptionSurety', v_scroller: true);
      mru_popup(xmp_namespace: photoshop, xmp_path: 'DescriptionSurety', container_type: alt_struct, no_check: true, vertical: align_top);
    group(placement: place_row, spacing: gSpace, horizontal: align_fill, vertical: align_top, reverse: rtl_aware)
      static_text(name: '$$$/CustomPanels/Genealogy/Description=Complete Subject Description:', font: font_small_bold_right, vertical: align_top);
      edit_text(fbname: '$$$/CustomPanels/Genealogy/Description=Complete Subject Description', horizontal: align_fill, height: gTextViewHeight, xmp_namespace: photoshop, xmp_path: 'Description', container_type: alt_struct, v_scroller: true);
      mru_popup(xmp_namespace: photoshop, xmp_path: 'Description', container_type: alt_struct, no_check: true, vertical: align_top);
    group(placement: place_row, spacing: gSpace, horizontal: align_fill, vertical: align_top, reverse: rtl_aware)
      static_text( name: '$$$/CustomPanels/Genealogy/Caption=Informal Subject Description:', font: font_small_bold_right, vertical: align_top);
      edit_text(fbname: '$$$/CustomPanels/Genealogy/Caption=Informal Subject Description', horizontal: align_fill, height: gTextViewHeight, xmp_namespace: photoshop, xmp_path: 'Caption', v_scroller: true);
      mru_popup(xmp_namespace: photoshop, xmp_path: 'Caption', container_type: alt_struct, no_check: true, vertical: align_top);
    group(placement: place_row, spacing: gSpace, horizontal: align_fill, vertical: align_top, reverse: rtl_aware)
      static_text( name: '$$$/CustomPanels/Genealogy/MediaDescription=Media Description:', font: font_small_bold_right, vertical: align_top);
      edit_text(fbname: '$$$/CustomPanels/Genealogy/MediaDescription=Media Description', horizontal: align_fill, height: gTextViewHeight, xmp_namespace: photoshop, xmp_path: 'MediaDescription', v_scroller: true);
      mru_popup(xmp_namespace: photoshop, xmp_path: 'MediaDescription', container_type: alt_struct, no_check: true, vertical: align_top);
    group(placement: place_row, spacing: gSpace, horizontal: align_fill, vertical: align_top, reverse: rtl_aware)
      static_text( name: '$$$/CustomPanels/Genealogy/Annotations=Annotations:', font: font_small_bold_right, vertical: align_top);
      edit_text(fbname: '$$$/CustomPanels/Genealogy/Annotations=Annotations', horizontal: align_fill, height: gTextViewHeight, xmp_namespace: photoshop, xmp_path: 'Annotations', v_scroller: true);
      mru_popup(xmp_namespace: photoshop, xmp_path: 'Annotations', container_type: alt_struct, no_check: true, vertical: align_top);
    group(placement: place_row, spacing: gSpace, horizontal: align_fill, vertical: align_top, reverse: rtl_aware)
      static_text( name: '$$$/CustomPanels/Genealogy/SpecialEditing=Special Editing/Alterations:', font: font_small_bold_right, vertical: align_top);
      edit_text(fbname: '$$$/CustomPanels/Genealogy/SpecialEditing=Special Editing/Alterations', horizontal: align_fill, height: gTextViewHeight, xmp_namespace: photoshop, xmp_path: 'SpecialEditing', v_scroller: true);
      mru_popup(xmp_namespace: photoshop, xmp_path: 'SpecialEditing', container_type: alt_struct, no_check: true, vertical: align_top);
    group(placement: place_row, spacing: gSpace, horizontal: align_fill, vertical: align_top, reverse: rtl_aware)
      static_text( name: '$$$/CustomPanels/Genealogy/City=City/County:', font: font_small_bold_right, vertical: align_top);
      edit_text(fbname: '$$$/CustomPanels/Genealogy/City=City/County', horizontal: align_fill, font: font_small, xmp_namespace: photoshop, xmp_path: 'City', vertical: align_top);
      mru_popup(xmp_namespace: photoshop, xmp_path: 'City', container_type: alt_struct, no_check: true, vertical: align_top);
    group(placement: place_row, spacing: gSpace, horizontal: align_fill, vertical: align_top, reverse: rtl_aware)
      static_text( name: '$$$/CustomPanels/Genealogy/State=State:', font: font_small_bold_right, vertical: align_top);
      edit_text(fbname: '$$$/CustomPanels/Genealogy/State=State', horizontal: align_fill, font: font_small, xmp_namespace: photoshop, xmp_path: 'State', vertical: align_top);
      mru_popup(xmp_namespace: photoshop, xmp_path: 'State', container_type: alt_struct, no_check: true, vertical: align_top);
    group(placement: place_row, spacing: gSpace, horizontal: align_fill, vertical: align_top, reverse: rtl_aware)
      static_text( name: '$$$/CustomPanels/Genealogy/Country=Country:', font: font_small_bold_right, vertical: align_top);
      edit_text(fbname: '$$$/CustomPanels/Genealogy/Country=Country', horizontal: align_fill, font: font_small, xmp_namespace: photoshop, xmp_path: 'Country', vertical: align_top);
      mru_popup(xmp_namespace: photoshop, xmp_path: 'Country', container_type: alt_struct, no_check: true, vertical: align_top);
    group(placement: place_row, spacing: gSpace, horizontal: align_fill, vertical: align_top, reverse: rtl_aware)
      static_text( name: '$$$/CustomPanels/Genealogy/PhotoDate=Photo Date:', font: font_small_bold_right, vertical: align_top);
      edit_text(fbname: '$$$/CustomPanels/Genealogy/PhotoDate=Photo Date', horizontal: align_fill, font: font_small, xmp_namespace: photoshop, xmp_path: 'DateCreated', vertical: align_top);
      mru_popup(xmp_namespace: photoshop, xmp_path: 'DateCreated', container_type: alt_struct, no_check: true, vertical: align_top);
    group(placement: place_row, spacing: gSpace, horizontal: align_fill, vertical: align_top, reverse: rtl_aware)
      static_text( name: '$$$/AWS/FileInfoLib/Panels/Description/Keywords=Keywords:',font: font_small_bold_right, vertical: align_top);
      cat_container_edit_text(fbname: '$$$/AWS/FileInfoLib/Panels/Description/Keywords=Keywords',horizontal: align_fill, height: gTextViewHeight, xmp_path: 'Keywords', container_type: bag_struct, v_scroller: true);
      mru_popup(xmp_path: 'Keywords', container_type: alt_struct, no_check: true, vertical: align_top);
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