Keywords in Lightroom/Bridge

I have all my photos marked with a lot of keywords i Bridge, but I would like to use Lightroom to add keywords to all my new Photos, but if I do that, Bridge can't read them
Any one who knows what to do ???

Hi John
Thanks for the very good and usefull answer, it works like a charm
The solution is simple, I can see that now, but haven't thought of saving the darn thing.
All the best ... Peter 

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