Add Text to Filenames

FileBoss makes simple work of renaming files

Whether you want to add sequential numbers, change case, change extensions, remove or convert spaces, add folder names or each file's time to its name FileBoss has a quick and easy routine for doing so. And whether you are renaming files just a few at a time or batch rename by the thousands the routines work exactly the same.

How to add text to filenames

1) Select the files you want to rename using file times

In the following example we have selected fifteen jpeg files that have just been imported from a digital camera.

2) Select Actions > Rename... from the main menu

3) Select the Add to Filename

The display below shows all the tabs used for renaming files. It is important to remember that when the OK button is pressed only the settings in the current tab - in this case the Advanced tab - will be used to rename the files.

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1) Click on the Add to Filename tab it is not already selected.

2) Enter the text you want to add in the appropriate places. Make sure the correct check boxes marked for the location(s) you want to add the text,.

4) The sample format the will change as you change the options in the dialog. It gives immediate feedback as to what the renamed files will be.

The above fragment of the Advanced tab only shows the details needed for adding file times to filenames. There are other codes and options in the Advanced rename tab giving complete control over adding sequence numbers and file times when renaming files.

4) Confirm the renamed files

After pressing the OK button in the above step, FileBoss will find the first file to be renamed and display a confirmation dialog similar to the one below.

You can continue to rename or skip each file individually or at any time you can Rename All the rest of the files or Skip Rest thus ending the renaming.

Note that you can edit the new name anyway you like and then press the Rename button giving you total control over how the file is named.

5) See the results

When FileBoss has finished renaming the files the new names will appear immediately in the Contents window.