Renaming a lot of files

[Ansie]

I hope someone can assist me. My predecessor saved a whole lot of word files
on stiffies, which I need to return to our system. Unfortunately she used
numbers ie file.1, file.2 etc.

Is there a way that I can rename these files (all at once) to chane the file
extension to .doc?

Please revert with your ideas asap.

Regards
Ansie Pretorius

 

[Jay Freedman]

I hope someone can assist me. My predecessor saved a whole lot of word files
on stiffies, which I need to return to our system. Unfortunately she used
numbers ie file.1, file.2 etc.

Is there a way that I can rename these files (all at once) to chane the file
extension to .doc?

Please revert with your ideas asap.

Regards
Ansie Pretorius

There are many programs for renaming files available on the Internet, many of
them free to download. Try this Google search:
http://www.google.com/search?q=bulk+file+rename

 

[Graham Mayor]

Word should recognize its own files regardless of the name, so you could
simply rename them as you use them.
There are plenty of third party renaming utilities around, or you could
rename in DOS.
The simplest approach is to patch the registry to give you a dos prompt from
any folder in Windows Explorer e.g.
http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/Dos_Prompt_Here. The registry patch
you can download from that page will add the necessary entries. Then from
Windows Explorer, Right click the folder containing the documents and select
'dos prompt here'
Type
Ren *.* *.DOC
then enter to change the extensions of all the files in the current folder
to DOC.

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[DiSSo]

If you choose to go the DOS command route, it is important that you note that
by changing a series of files with the names file.1, file.2, into .doc, you
will essentially overwrite the file each time. (the root filename for each is
"file", making "file.doc" from each file)

the easiest way to do this without running into filename conflicts is as
follows:

ren file.* file.*.doc

that way the files produced will be file.1.doc, file.2.doc, etc.

 

[Ansie]

Thank you for your kind assistance.

If you choose to go the DOS command route, it is important that you note that
by changing a series of files with the names file.1, file.2, into .doc, you
will essentially overwrite the file each time. (the root filename for each is
"file", making "file.doc" from each file)

the easiest way to do this without running into filename conflicts is as
follows:

ren file.* file.*.doc

that way the files produced will be file.1.doc, file.2.doc, etc.

 

[Ansie]

Thank you for your kind assistance.

Word should recognize its own files regardless of the name, so you could
simply rename them as you use them.
There are plenty of third party renaming utilities around, or you could
rename in DOS.
The simplest approach is to patch the registry to give you a dos prompt from
any folder in Windows Explorer e.g.
http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/Dos_Prompt_Here. The registry patch
you can download from that page will add the necessary entries. Then from
Windows Explorer, Right click the folder containing the documents and select
'dos prompt here'
Type
Ren *.* *.DOC
then enter to change the extensions of all the files in the current folder
to DOC.

--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com

<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>

 

[Ansie]

Thank you for your kind assistance.

There are many programs for renaming files available on the Internet, many of
them free to download. Try this Google search:
http://www.google.com/search?q=bulk+file+rename


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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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