Metadata question

The metadata has a set of data titled IPTC Status. The first field in this data block is Title. The title reflects the title entered in Lightroom's (Library) Metadata panel. This information can also be entered or changed using the Sync feature to synchronize the title for a selected set of images.
Is there a way to insert a code in a filed in the matadata panel that will find the file number of an image and automatically insert the image number number when synchronizing metadata.
for example, I want to Title all of the images with the title of the body of work and then have the image number following the title for all the images without having to go to each image and manually enter the image number after the title.
Title = Grand Canyon + image number. After synchronizing all the selected images the titles would read:
Grand Canyon 0715
Grand Canyon 0723
Grand Canyon 0730...
I know you can do this using Lightroom's Web Gallery, but I am exporting my photos to use a third party web gallery
I look forward to your answer.
Jim

Terry,
Thanks a million for your responce, but. When I go to the pages you suggest I am still confused. When I am in Aperture and I wish to add any of the following It is grayed out and I can not find out how to activate them. Aperture, shutter speed, exposure bias, iso speed rating, focal length, camera type. I can fill in the rest of the fields but the ones I really want to save are grayed out???
Thanks
Joe

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