How to add metadata to images using Shotwell

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Published on 2013-06-26T09:53:13Z Indexed on 2013/06/26 10:28 UTC
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Using Ubuntu 13.04.

I have a very basic question about Shotwell.

I would like to add a desciption to my photos.

I right-click on an image in Nautilus. Choose Open with > Shotwell photo viewer.

I can't find a way to edit any metadata for the photo.

As an example, Shotwell help:

http://yorba.org/shotwell/help/view-view.html

... says that I should be able to select Photos > Edit title, but I don't have this option in my menu. (I have 'Photo' but not 'Photos'). F2 does nothing for me.

My menu options are: File, Edit, View, Photo, Help.

I'm missing something very basic here. Grateful for your help!

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