Original White Balance info

Hi,
Is there a place in Lightroom where it is possible to see what was the Original White Balance settings from the camera?
regards,
Danny

Ok but is there a place where it specify it the way it is on the camera like :
Auto
Daylight
Shade
Cloudy
Tungsten
White fluorescent
Flash
Custom
or I have to open the files in EXIF tool?
regards,
Danny

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Message was edited by: Andrew_Hart
Just corrected my current Photoshop version

I'm afraid that you just haven't addressed the question that I asked in my original post.
I still like to think I have but if you for whatever reason need this info showing in the metadata you probably be better of trying to alter it your self or find a way to address Paul personally (maybe via a private message).
I have not heard from him for a long time and a small google search provided me with this forum post, hope it helps you, maybe you can also persuaded Paul to come back, he is very missed!
http://www.ps-scripts.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5508

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