Hi Eric. 
That's the way I do it, too for the same reason. It's a little extra step, but 
it saves you from figuring out what awful thing happened and then having to try 
and get another version back. I've had to get a sighted person to get some 
further back versions before, so now I just keep doing it just like I used to 
with Windows. 


Eugenia Firth
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On Jun 7, 2012, at 12:47 PM, erik burggraaf wrote:

> Hi Les,  I have the same issue with as a trainer required to generate reports 
> and invoices to account for every hour with every client.  I started out by 
> opening the form, filling it out, pressing command shift S and using the save 
> as dialog to rename the form to a new name containing the invoice or report 
> number and the client's name.  The problem I ran into was that Occasionally 
> I'd forget and press command S, saving my new invoice overtop of my blank 
> form and forcing me to generate a new blank form.  I'm not really a dope, 
> smile.  I just hate paperwork like the dickins and would fill out several at 
> a time on autopilot instead of doing them as I went. 
> 
> After pooching 10 or 20 forms this way I finally got fed up and started a new 
> system.  I go into finder.
> When I hit on my invoice form I do a command C and a command v just like 
> that, slap slap.
> That forces finder to paste a new copy of the form slightly renamed right 
> beside the original.
> I then arrow to the copy, rename it with the invoice number and name, then 
> fill out the form.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> Erik Burggraaf
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> On 2012-06-07, at 8:44 AM, Les Kriegler wrote:
> 
>> Hi Eric,
>> 
>> I realized that my question wasn't clear enough.  I have a document called 
>> training report that I use to create my reports.  I have a template with 
>> various headings, I fill in the text I wish, and then want to save it under 
>> a different name.  If I rename the original document in Finder, that won't 
>> help me here, as I want to retain the original training report, and with 
>> each report I prepare, I want to assign the client's name to the filename.  
>> Hope this makes more sense.
>> 
>> Les
>> On Jun 7, 2012, at 7:54 AM, erik burggraaf wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi,  In finder, press enter on the file name and you will be focussed on an 
>>> edit box.  Type the new name and press enter.
>>> 
>>> Best,
>>> 
>>> Erik Burggraaf
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>>> 
>>> On 2012-06-07, at 7:48 AM, Les Kriegler wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I work on documents in Pages and in TextEdit.  I have not been able to 
>>>> find an easy way of renaming files.  I have created report templates and 
>>>> when creating the reports, I want to change the names to reflect the 
>>>> consumers with whom I am working.  How can this be accomplished either in 
>>>> the Finder, TextEdit or Pages?  At present, I create a new file and paste 
>>>> in the text and name it that way.  Thanks for the assist.
>>>> 
>>>> Les
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