Click here for a printer friendly version:
The Insert Letters Action
The Insert Letters Action
You can insert letters into the selected area using this action. Of course, you can also do this by using the 'Insert Text'
action; however with this action you can insert incrementing or decrementing runs of letters.
What this means is that you can insert a series of letters running from a - z or z - a or A - Z or Z - A.
You must enter at least one letter into the 'From letter(s)' box in order to use this action.
If you enter some letters into the 'To' box which are not an exact replica of the letters in the 'From letter(s)' box, then
the 'Changing by' drop down will be enabled. The exact decision over whether the letters should 'increase', i.e. run from
a - z, or 'decrease' from z - a is decided by the letters that you type into the From and To boxes.
However, the case (i.e. whether the letters are in capital letters or not) of the overall run that is inserted into your
selected area is decided by using the 'Changing by' drop down. When you change the selection, your letters are updated to
match.
As with all the running series that you can insert with RenameMaestro, the run will increment at the specified amount up
to but not exceeding the letters in the 'To letter(s)' box.
You can't increment or decrement a mix of upper and lower case letters, but remember, you can (when in multiple action mode)
use the 'Insert Letters' action as many times as you like.
The number of letters do NOT have to match, as you can see in example 6:
|
Option
|
Selected Choice
|
|
Insert into
|
Every name
|
|
Beginning at
|
The end
|
|
From letter(s)
|
'aaa'
|
|
To letter(s)
|
|
|
Changing by
|
|
|
Original Files
|
Renaming Preview
|
|
File Name 1.txt
|
File Name 1aaa.txt
|
|
File Name 2.txt
|
File Name 2aaa.txt
|
|
File Name 3.txt
|
File Name 3aaa.txt
|
|
Option
|
Selected Choice
|
|
Insert into
|
Every name
|
|
Beginning at
|
The end
|
|
From letter(s)
|
'aaa'
|
|
To letter(s)
|
'aaz'
|
|
Changing by
|
+1 letter (a -> z)
|
|
Original Files
|
Renaming Preview
|
|
File Name 1.txt
|
File Name 1aaa.txt
|
|
File Name 2.txt
|
File Name 2aab.txt
|
|
File Name 3.txt
|
File Name 3aac.txt
|
|
Option
|
Selected Choice
|
|
Insert into
|
Every name
|
|
Beginning at
|
The end
|
|
From letter(s)
|
'AAA'
|
|
To letter(s)
|
'AAB'
|
|
Changing by
|
+1 LETTER (A -> Z)
|
|
Original Files
|
Renaming Preview
|
|
File Name 1.txt
|
File Name 1AAA.txt
|
|
File Name 2.txt
|
File Name 2AAB.txt
|
|
File Name 3.txt
|
File Name 3.txt
|
|
Option
|
Selected Choice
|
|
Insert into
|
Every extension
|
|
Beginning at
|
The start
|
|
From letter(s)
|
'zzh'
|
|
To letter(s)
|
'aaa'
|
|
Changing by
|
-1 letter (z -> a)
|
|
Original Files
|
Renaming Preview
|
|
File Name 1.txt
|
File Name 1.zzhtxt
|
|
File Name 2.txt
|
File Name 2.zzgtxt
|
|
File Name 3.txt
|
File Name 3.zzftxt
|
|
Option
|
Selected Choice
|
|
Insert into
|
Every name
|
|
Beginning at
|
The start plus... 10
|
|
From letter(s)
|
'BBW'
|
|
To letter(s)
|
'BCC'
|
|
Changing by
|
+1 LETTER (Z -> A)
|
|
Original Files
|
Renaming Preview
|
|
File Name 01.txt
|
File NameBBW 01.txt
|
|
File Name 02.txt
|
File NameBBX 02.txt
|
|
File Name 03.txt
|
File NameBBY 03.txt
|
|
File Name 04.txt
|
File NameBBZ 04.txt
|
|
File Name 05.txt
|
File NameBCA 05.txt
|
|
File Name 06.txt
|
File NameBCB 06.txt
|
|
File Name 07.txt
|
File NameBCC 07.txt
|
|
File Name 08.txt
|
File Name 08.txt
|
|
File Name 09.txt
|
File Name 09.txt
|
|
File Name 10.txt
|
File Name 10.txt
|
|
Option
|
Selected Choice
|
|
Insert into
|
Every extension
|
|
Beginning at
|
The end
|
|
From letter(s)
|
'X'
|
|
To letter(s)
|
'AE'
|
|
Changing by
|
+1 LETTER (A -> Z)
|
|
Original Files
|
Renaming Preview
|
|
File Name 01.txt
|
File Name 01.txtX
|
|
File Name 02.txt
|
File Name 02.txtY
|
|
File Name 03.txt
|
File Name 03.txtZ
|
|
File Name 04.txt
|
File Name 04.txtAA
|
|
File Name 05.txt
|
File Name 05.txtAB
|
|
File Name 06.txt
|
File Name 06.txtAC
|
|
File Name 07.txt
|
File Name 07.txtAD
|
|
File Name 08.txt
|
File Name 08.txtAE
|
|
File Name 09.txt
|
File Name 09.txt
|
|
File Name 10.txt
|
File Name 10.txt
|
|