Thank you, Mike!

Your answer was very helpful. I tried it using the Copy Attributes to another category from:
Dollhouse Miniature Christmas Medley Rug ID# 363 (even though I am copying to the "same" category)

(note: why does it say "another" category? that's why I inquired about the "dummy" product in "another" category)


then I did: "Update with new settings/prices, then add new ones". or should I have used:
Delete first, then copy new attributes or
Ignore and add only new attributes

It works but you get a warning that it cant copy ID#363 to ID#363. but that's no biggie and is logical.

The best part of your answer was finding out I can turn off categories. I'm really new to ZEN and hadn't discovered that yet, so many thanks!

So what I will do is turn off that category, add my products, copy the attributes from one of the ones already done and then turn the category back on. super!