Explanation of Text Case Types for Renaming files

Over the last few years, you may have accumulated so many files from different acquaintances. These files may be scattered across different folders, sub-folders and partitions of your hard disk. Not to mention, some of your files may also be scattered across the external hard disk, USB flash drive, and Web-based cloud platforms. Eventually, you run into the obvious problem of files disorganization. Due to improperly named file names, it becomes a daunting task to find the right file in time and keep track of your important information. Unfortunately, there’s no in-house tool in Windows to deal with the problem of files disorganization. In this article, we’ll discuss the manual way to rename your files and how you can use third-party specialized tools to use various renaming patterns such as text cases, for your benefit.

Method 1: Manually Rename your Files

You can rename your files at once if they’re located in a single folder. This method is recommended if you’ve a handful of files to rename. If you’ve hundreds of files to rename in different folders, sub-folders, skip to Method 2.

Steps

1. Double-click This PC icon on your Desktop.
2. Open the folder that contains your files.
3. Select the multiple files you want to use. Here are some methods to batch select your files:
   1. Use Ctrl + A to select all files in a folder
   2. Click a file, press and hold the Shift key to select files in an orderly manner
   3. Click a file, press and hold the Ctrl key to select random files
4. Once you’ve finished selecting your files, press the F2 key to rename them.
5. Type a new name for your files and then press Enter.
6. Windows will rename your files and add an incremental number as a suffix. For example, if the original filename is Meeting.docx, other file names will be renamed as Meeting – Copy(2).docx, Meeting – Copy(3).docx, and so on.

Limitations:

• You may have to manually rename files from folder to folder, as the above procedure will not universally work on other folders or subfolders.
• When manually renaming, you do not have many choices. You can only replace your existing file names with a new name and incremental number. There is no way to replace or remove specific characters, change text case, swap words, etc.

Method 2: Rename Files, Change Text Case & Use 10+ Renaming Patterns Using Specialized Software

Different Types of Case Types:

1. Upper Case: In this text type, every character in the word or sentence is capitalized. The idea is to bring attention to a specific word or phrase such as in legal agreements, or to convey urgency. In English, using upper case is not a common practice. Capital letters are mainly used for the first character in each statement, or while writing the names of people, places, etc. Example: IT TAKES A THIEF TO CATCH A THIEF.
2. Lower Case: In the lower case, all alphabets in the sentence are written in the lower letter. Unlike upper case, it is a popular form of writing. Lower case are commonly used during Internet chats, or especially when people are sloppy about their writing. Example: it takes a thief to catch a thief.
3. Sentence Case: Sentence case is a pattern of writing when the lower case is used for all the letters in the sentence, except for the initial letter which is in upper case. Sentence case is the most widely used form of text cases. Some of the examples include essays, business letters, Internet blogs, printed documentations, text-ads, etc. Example: It takes a thief to catch a thief.
4. Title Case: Title case is the form of writing where every initial letter in each word is capitalized. Title case is commonly used for headings, render titles of published works, ad-copies etc. Example: About Us.
5. Camel Case: One of the less-known text cases wherein the initial letter in each word is lowered while other letters are capitalized. Camel case is commonly used by programmers and software developers while naming variables. For example: myFunction, activateTrial
6. Pascal Case: Pascal case is a naming convention used by software developers wherein the first letter of each word in a compound word is capitalized. For example: DownloadInstallUpdates
7. Toggle Case: Toggle case is a text case in which random characters are capitalized without any pattern or sequence. It is a mixed case version of your text. Toggle case is popularly used for writing strong, less guessable passwords, or to convey sarcasm. For example: cOMpuTER, eleCTROnic

Easy File Renamer is an industry-standard file renaming and organizing program that offers plenty of file renaming patterns and the ability to rename files from multiple folders at once. Moreover, it has other file management features to simplify your day-to-day tasks of copying/ moving large files, organizing files by date, and changing the music file tags.

Features

• Easy to use interface and One-Click renamer
• Easy File Renamer uses advanced technology to make the entire file renaming procedure quicker and easier.
• Safely rename hundreds of files at once without any possibility of data loss
• You don’t need to know scripting and programming. Batch rename files without creating complex script files.
• Use the predefined file renaming patterns to automate the task
• Easily batch edit mp3 file tags without individually editing them for each file
• Move and copy large files without errors. Just select source and destination directories and EFR will move/ copy your files at lightning speed

Renaming Rules

• Upper Case: Changes the text case to uppercase. For example, you can convert planning.pdf to PLANNING.docx.
• Lower Case: Changes the text case to lower text. For example, you can convert MEETING.docx to meeting.docx.
• Title Case: Changes the text case to title case. For example, Strategic_Planning.ppt
• New Name: Using this rule, you can set an altogether new name for your files. Specify a new name for your file and it will be applied globally.
• Remove Text: Using the remove text option, you can remove specific characters from your file names. For example, when you buy or download music from the Internet, the file names may contain a brand name for promotional purposes. You can rename such files and get rid of the unwanted text.
• Replace Text: Using this option, you can find specific instances within file names and replace them with new text. You can replace any alpha-numerical characters, as per your requirement.
• Trim Text: This option allows you to trim specific characters at the beginning or end of the file names. For example, You can trim the last 5 characters of each file.
• Prefix: Add a new text at the beginning of your file names. It can be anything such as the name of the author, album year, etc.
• Suffix: Just like prefix, you can add a new text at the end of each file name.
• Numbering: With this option, you can number your files easily. EFR gives you the freedom to select a symbol of your choice (for example, a hyphen) to separate common text and incremental numbers.
• Insert At: Want to add a new text anywhere into the file name? Use Insert At to add any text at a given index.
• Swap Case: This option allows you to reverse the position of words into your file names. For example, if the original file name is “Brown_Fox.jpg”, the renamed name would appear like “Fox_Brown.jpg”.

Steps

1. Download Easy File Renamer on your computer and install it.
2. Click on the System Renamer tab, followed by the Files section to add your files.
3. Click on Add Files, and locate the files you want to rename.
4. If required, you can follow the same process over again to add multiple files.
5. Your files will start appearing in the main window with basic information such as existing file names and paths.
6. In the drop-down box on the left-hand side, select one of the following options:
   1. Upper Case: Choose Upper Case if you would like to convert your file names to the upper case.
   2. Lower Case: Select Lower Case to convert them to the lower case.
   3. Title Case: Use Title Case to capitalize the first character in every word. 
7. Select your desired renaming rule from the left-hand side drop-down box, and then click on Add Rule.
8. Click on Rename to preview how the new file names would look like.
9. Confirm your actions if the results are as per your expectations.