Using People Keyword Tags

I upgraded from Elements 8 to Elements 11, but am having trouble with the organizer. My "people" keyword tags seem to have disappeared. My other tags show in the right panel, when I display "Media", but when I display "People" there are tiles with my old keywords showing, and beneath them are the photos. However, when I download newly shot photos, I can't find any way to tag them. There must be a way, but I can't find it. Can anyone help? Thanks.

You may find it more efficient to combine the old tags with the new people icon. The easiest method is to simply drag the new people icon to a batch of selected photos with the old tags.
Start by ensuring the people icons are displayed at the bottom of the right-hand panel under the Media tab. If you cant see them as a list go to the top menu:
View >>  Show People in Tag Panel
Then click on the right pointing icon to the left of People Tags to expand the list (see image below) and you can also use the plus and minus symbols to add or remove people icons.
Now scroll to the top of your keywords and choose a persons name that  was imported by clicking on the chevron to the right of the highlighted (people) keyword. Press Ctrl+A to select all the photos of that person or use Shift+Click on the first and last. Now drag the new people icon for that person on to one of the thumbnails and it will be added to all the selected photos.
Return to the top of the keyword list and right click on the old person tag and choose delete. That will remove it from all photos with that word.

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