Renaming: Inserting Text

Inserting Text into Filenames 

Quick Set Routine for adding

text before or after names and extensions.

Worry-free Confirmations

After you have told FileBoss how you want the files renamed you can approve (and change individually) each file or tell FileBoss at any time to rename all the remaining files automatically.

To Add Text to Filenames

First select the files you want to rename

(Click here to find out more about FileBoss's advanced selection methods.)

Open the Rename dialog and display the Add to Filename panel

•	or click the Rename Selected Files button:

Select where and what text you want inserted

While multiple boxes can be checked allowing multiple insertions at one time, normally one insertion at a time is best.

e.g. 2004-07-26 Draft of How to Earn a Billion Dollars.txt

e.g. Draft of How to Earn a Billion Dollars - backup.txt

e.g. Draft of How to Earn a Billion Dollars.txt.obsolete

(Note that because there is a dot before 'obsolete' the file has a new extension!)

Click the OK button

Confirm each file or tell FileBoss to do them all

Each selected file will be displayed with the old name and the recommended new name. You can then rename the file, change the new name, skip that file or tell FileBoss to go ahead and rename all remaining files according to pattern you have specified.

Important Note

When you click the OK button FileBoss will apply the changes indicated in the active panel only. For example if the Change to 8.3 Name panel is active then FileBoss will ignore the settings in  the other panels.

Tip: You can preview how FileBoss will change the names by looking at the sample name at the bottom. It will be modified according to your choices.

Transforming Filenames

Ref: HTDE_REN_ADD_TEXT

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