RE: [LegacyUG] How to change names of documents

2014-12-19 Thread Leo MacDonald
Terry have you tried using the picture centre, in the u picture filename select the current misspelled name, it should appear in the attached Pics window, click rename and change the filename. I'd try one first and see if it works for your documents. Leo From: trmgeneal...@gmail.com To:

Re: [LegacyUG] How to change names of documents

2014-12-19 Thread Dave Keeney
I have had good success renaming files using the picture center. Here's what I do: 1. go to picture center 2. in the right 1/3 of the screen select the Picture List 3. in the middle section Browse to the correct folder containing the file to be renamed and the ok. 3. in the middle section again

Re: [LegacyUG] How to change names of documents

2014-12-19 Thread Stratton
Where is the picture center in Legacy 8? I am having the same problem with renaming photos and documents in the media file that are attached to several people. If I remember the people they are attached to, I can go to each one and remove the old one and attach the new one. But if they are

Re: [LegacyUG] How to change names of documents

2014-12-19 Thread Cathy Pinner
The Picture Center is on the Tools Ribbon. Note it only deals with image files so unless your documents are actually images, it won't help you. Other media are shown with the placeholder image for sound, video, docs. To get a list of the media and the people they are attached to, use the View

Re: [LegacyUG] How to change names of documents

2014-12-19 Thread Dave Keeney
For me it's on My Toolbar tab. And you can also find it in the Tools Tab, Tools Section. On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 9:15 AM, Stratton s...@ix.netcom.com wrote: Where is the picture center in Legacy 8? I am having the same problem with renaming photos and documents in the media file that are

Re: [LegacyUG] How to change names of documents

2014-12-18 Thread Cathy Pinner
Hi Terry, I think you are talking about documents attached as media to sources and maybe elsewhere. I don't think there is an easy way to change an attached filename after it has been attached. You could do it in Access once you find the right table. You'd have to change the filename in Windows

Re: [LegacyUG] How to change names of documents

2014-12-17 Thread Pat Hickin
How are you using the document? Is the document one of your sources? If so, it's very easy to change the name. Just edit the source, and then when Legacy asks if you want to change all instances of the source, say yes, and it's done. Otherwise, I think you'll have to do a search and replace. I