Re: Renaming A Series Of Photo Files In Windows XP Pro SP2

You betcha. Keep having fun. ;-)

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Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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D. Spencer Hines <poguemidden@xxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
Ineffably Delightful.

Thank You Kindly.

DSH

"Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Here is one way, which I like.

Rename a series of files
1. Select the files you want to rename.
2. Right click the *first* file and click Rename.
3. Type the new name, and then press ENTER.

All of the files in the series will be named in sequence using the new
name
you type. For example, if you type Summer Vacation 2005 (1).jpg , the
other
files in the series will be named Summer Vacation 2005 (2).jpg , Summer
Vacation 2005 (3).jpg , and so on.

Notes
• To select consecutive files or folders, click the first item, press and
hold down SHIFT, and then click the last item. To select nonconsecutive
files or folders, press and hold down CTRL, and then click each item.
• To specify the starting number for the series, type the starting number
in
parenthesis after the new file name. The files in the series will be
numbered in sequence starting with the number you type. For example, if
you
type Birthday (10), the other files will be named Birthday (11), Birthday
(12), and so on.

To select multiple files and folders
Do one of the following:
• To select consecutive files or folders, click the first item, press and
hold down SHIFT, and then click the last item.
• To select nonconsecutive files or folders, press and hold down CTRL,
and then click each item.
• To select all the files and folders in the window, on the Edit menu,
click
Select All.

Notes
• If you have selected all files or folders and then want to clear the
selection, click in a blank area in the folder window.

To change the name of a file or folder

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/windows_fcab_rename_file.mspx

To rename a series of files

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/windows_rename_series_files.mspx

HOW TO: Rename Multiple Files in Windows XP with Windows Explorer
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;320167

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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D. Spencer Hines <poguemidden@xxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:

Let's say we have a series of vacation photographs taken by different
folks, on different cameras, at different times.

I want to rename them all to a single series name -- Summer Vacation
2005 -- and then numbered sequentially as .jpg files.

They are already in the .jpg format.

Is there some easier way to do that without having to laboriously rename
each one manually?

Thanks.

DSH

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