Key words in stock photos

I have some stock photo PhotoDisc CDs and am cataloging them in Lightroom. I know there are built-in key words on each photo (because the CDs come with Portfolio for searching key words in each photo) but the key words don't appear in Lightroom. Any ideas how to get them to appear?

In the Library module, open the Metadata and change the default to All. Scroll down the list and see if you can find the keywords in one of the other Metadata fields. If they are not there, then the keywords may reside in the Portfolio database. See if you can see them in Portfolio. As I recall there is a command in Portfolio that allows you to export the keywords in the Portfolio library to the individual files. Of course the files will need to be on a HD as you cannot write to the CDs.
Hope that helps,
Dave Huss
Author, Photoshop Lightroom 2 - The Master Guide to Adobe's Digital Darkroom

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