CG: Clip Gallery Catalog Indexes Images Incorrectly (216975)

SYMPTOMS

When you use the search function in Microsoft Clip Gallery, which is included in Microsoft Publisher and Microsoft Home Publishing, you may find clips (image, sound, or motion) that do not appear to be related to the search criteria.

For example, if you search for the word bell, images of bells and bell peppers are displayed.

If you search for the word dog, images of dogs and hotdogs are displayed.

If you search for the word sun, images of the sun, sunflowers, sundials, and even "bears in the sun" are displayed.

If you search on the words monkey bars, a series of images are displayed, including an African American couple posing on playground equipment.

In addition to 18 other word associations, this image was unfortunately assigned the words "monkey bars," which refers to the playground equipment that is visible in the image.

Microsoft has moved to resolve these issues by making available a new software tool, which can remove the association that does not accurately address the image or that can be viewed as inappropriate or insulting.

CAUSE

The search engine in Microsoft Clip Gallery uses a catalog file that consists of keywords, which are associated with each clip. These keywords facilitate locating clips within the collection.

The clip of the African American couple on the playground equipment is part of a photo series of this same couple in the same park:

PH01457J shows them posing on a slide
PH01486J shows them running in front of a swing set
PH01487J shows them jumping in front of a swing set

To see the entire photo series in PUB98BAL.CAG, search for the keywords "playground equipment" or "playground."

The keywords for this clip include couples, man, men, males, woman, women, females, monkey bars, playground equipment, playgrounds, parks, recreation, people, person, photos, photographs, pictures, and images.

Because the search technology uses associations based on parts of words, the photograph also is displayed in the results when you do a keyword search for "monkey" in Clip Gallery.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, download the catalog indexing tool at the following Microsoft Web site:

http://cgl.microsoft.com/clipgallerylive/pss

You can also order a free copy of the tool from Microsoft by calling:

(800) 360-7561

Support for the tool is listed in your product Help File.

To work around this issue, you can add or remove keywords from a Clip. To do this, follow the steps for your version of Clip Gallery:

Clip Gallery 4.0 in Publisher 98

Start Clip Gallery 4.0, and click the Images tab.
In the Clip Gallery window, click Find (located on the right side of the window).
In the Match these keywords box, type monkey bars, and then click Find Now.
Right-click the image, and then click Clip Properties.
In the Keywords box, you can type new keywords or delete keywords.
To save the changes, click OK.

Clip Gallery 5.0

Find the clip that you want to edit. In this case, type "monkey bars" into the Search for clips box, and then press ENTER.
Click the Pictures tab.
Right-click the clip.
Click Clip Properties.
Click the Keywords tab.
Click Remove Keyword.
To save the changes, click OK.

STATUS

Microsoft has acknowledged this to be an unintended association within Microsoft Clip Gallery.

The keyword "monkey bars" has been removed from the PUB60COR.MMC that is included with the released version of Publisher 2000 to avoid this association.