Is there a way to move photos between events in Search mode?

I have just switched over to iPhoto on my new Mac (from PS Elements 5 on my old PC) and I am trying to get everything organized again. All the files have been put in Events, but not always theEvenst I want them in. What I keep wanting to do is run a search on file names (which works beautifully!) and then move some of the resulting items from one event into another. This doesn't seem to be possible, though. Am I missing something?
Thanks in advance for any and all advice!

Julanne
Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
I completely agree with Larry's comments about Albums being a far superior method of organisation. However, to move files from a search you can use Flagging:
Simply Flag the files you want to move then, from the Events menu, choose either: 'Create Events from Flagged Photos' or "Add Flagged Photos to Selected Events' as you require.
Here's a tip - as these things are easy to make a mistake on: -z will undo the last thing you did.
Regards
TD

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