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# Short Description

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Halo offers yout to show **Short Description** by Metafields. If a product have no short description metafield, it will show a brief product summary (the first 50 characters of the description).
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## Setup Short Description by Metafields?

### **How to add new Metafields?**

1. From your Shopify admin, go to **Settings** -> **Metafields**.
2. Click **Products → Add Definition.**
3. Please enter correct **Namespace and Key** as we noted below.

```
Name: Short Description or any name
Namespace and key: c_f.short_description
Select content type: Text
```

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### How to insert content for Product Metafields?

1. From your Shopify admin, go to **Products -> All products**.
2. Find and choose the product that you want to edit.
3. In the **Metafields**, please insert content for "**Short Description**" field.

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You can use [Bulk Editor](/halo-docs/page/bulk-editor-page.md) to edit multiple products.
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This guide is only compatible for **1.2.1 and its predecessors**. If your current theme version is **1.3.0 or later**, please follow [the attached link](/halo-docs/products/product-information/version-1.3.0+/richtext.md).
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