#  Applying taxonomy terms 

 



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## How to apply taxonomy terms to your content

### Step 1: Review available taxonomy vocabularies

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Expand the **Taxonomy** section in the content edit view to see the vocabularies and terms available for the current content type. Select the taxonomy terms that apply to your content.1. Create content for your content type. Then use the right sidebar to review available taxonomy vocabularies for that content. See [Taxonomy Best Practices](/resource/taxonomy-best-practices "Taxonomy Best Practices") and [Managing taxonomies](/managing-taxonomies "Managing taxonomies") for guidance on creating and using taxonomies.

### Step 2: Select relevant terms

1. Expand the **Taxonomy** section in the right sidebar of the content edit view.
2. Select the terms you would like to apply to the content from the dropdown menus. Menu items with checkboxes allow for selection of multiple terms. See [Managing taxonomies](/managing-taxonomies "Managing taxonomies") for guidance on adding new taxonomy terms.
3. Choose **Save** to apply the taxonomy terms to the content.



 

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##  Related how-tos 

 



  [### Managing taxonomies

 ](/managing-taxonomies)Create and manage taxonomy structures, including vocabularies and terms.



 

 

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##  Related resources 

 



  [### Taxonomy Best Practices

 ](/resource/taxonomy-best-practices)How to approach the task of creating and managing taxonomy structures and tagging content using taxonomy vocabularies.



 

 

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 See also:- [ How-tos ](/content-structure/how-tos)
- [ Taxonomies ](/general-site-management/taxonomies)