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**Are you a VS Code user?** If you are using VS Code for your CollectionBuilder project, feel free to jump to [Part 2](#part-2-updating-metadata-using-visual-studio-code) of this walkthrough.
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**Auto convert issues:** the method of opening a CSV file in Sheets described in this Walkthrough is quick, however, may result in issues for some metadata spreadsheets as Sheets will auto convert some value types.
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If you have "true" / "false" they will be converted to "TRUE" / "FALSE", and some numbers may be rounded off.
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Check the main docs for a slower, but more sure way to [import metadata CSVs into Sheets](https://collectionbuilder.github.io/cb-docs/docs/metadata/uploading/#update-metadata).
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## Part 1: Updating Metadata Using the GitHub Web Interface
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This part of the walkthrough is recommended for when you are using the GitHub web interface for editing your site, which is most often used for the **CollectionBuilder-GH** and **CollectionBuilder-SHEETS** templates.

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