Moving lots of files from one folder to another
Hello, I've written a book in Word and most of the 300 or so numbered photographs that still need to be uploaded and formatted are in a separate folder ( Book pictures ) .
I was told that if I put the relevant number in brackets in the text that the photos could then be uploaded to the corresponding location by AI.
Sadly the 'adviser' is unable to complete the task and I'm hoping that advanced renamer can do it, can anyone help me with instructions please? I'm not good with computers but am willing to try.
For example, photo numbers 139 and 140 must go into the following places ...' , here are the official pictures of the occasion (139) (140).
If you're able to help I'd be most grateful, thanks, Steven
I was told that if I put the relevant number in brackets in the text that the photos could then be uploaded to the corresponding location by AI.
Sadly the 'adviser' is unable to complete the task and I'm hoping that advanced renamer can do it, can anyone help me with instructions please? I'm not good with computers but am willing to try.
For example, photo numbers 139 and 140 must go into the following places ...' , here are the official pictures of the occasion (139) (140).
If you're able to help I'd be most grateful, thanks, Steven
Reply to #1:
Welcome Steven,
Advanced Renamer can almost certainly do what you want. But it's not clear to me what that is.
Please provide exact details as much as possible.
For example, exact path of the existing files and desired path. EG:
C:\Book pictures\pic 139.jpg --> N:\official pictures\pic 139.jpg
C:\Book pictures\pic 140.jpg --> N:\official pictures\pic 140.jpg
C:\Book pictures\footnote pic 7.jpg --> N:\footnote pictures\footnote pic 7.jpg
etc.
A) Do different pics go to different folders? If so, how is that determined?
B) Will the files also be renamed or just moved?
Welcome Steven,
Advanced Renamer can almost certainly do what you want. But it's not clear to me what that is.
Please provide exact details as much as possible.
For example, exact path of the existing files and desired path. EG:
C:\Book pictures\pic 139.jpg --> N:\official pictures\pic 139.jpg
C:\Book pictures\pic 140.jpg --> N:\official pictures\pic 140.jpg
C:\Book pictures\footnote pic 7.jpg --> N:\footnote pictures\footnote pic 7.jpg
etc.
A) Do different pics go to different folders? If so, how is that determined?
B) Will the files also be renamed or just moved?
Reply to #2:
Thankyou Randy, I'm not sure how to describe the issue differently, though I can tell you that I only want the files to be moved, not renamed.
They are only 'named' by number anyway, and the only requirement is that they end up in the similarly numbered (named) place in the text of the story.
So, eg, picture number 1 has to go to the story and end up in the place marked by the number 1 in brackets.
In book pictures folder, ... 1... goes to (1) in the text of the story.
Could I send you some screenshots maybe to illustrate the situation?
The captions are already written next to the numbers in brackets, it only remains to place the pictures in the space within the similarly numbered brackets in the text.
The story is about my Czechoslovak father, Jaroslav Liska, who flew with the RAF in Word War 2, the story is written, the issue now is to insert the pictures in the relevant positions in the story.
Hope this makes things clearer,
cheers, Steven.
Thankyou Randy, I'm not sure how to describe the issue differently, though I can tell you that I only want the files to be moved, not renamed.
They are only 'named' by number anyway, and the only requirement is that they end up in the similarly numbered (named) place in the text of the story.
So, eg, picture number 1 has to go to the story and end up in the place marked by the number 1 in brackets.
In book pictures folder, ... 1... goes to (1) in the text of the story.
Could I send you some screenshots maybe to illustrate the situation?
The captions are already written next to the numbers in brackets, it only remains to place the pictures in the space within the similarly numbered brackets in the text.
The story is about my Czechoslovak father, Jaroslav Liska, who flew with the RAF in Word War 2, the story is written, the issue now is to insert the pictures in the relevant positions in the story.
Hope this makes things clearer,
cheers, Steven.
Reply to #3:
Oh, are you saying that you don't want the pictures moved within the file system, you want the pictures inserted into your word doc?
Is that correct?
If so, then you need a Word automation tool, like a macro, PowerShell script, VBS script, etc.
This is not the place for that although I would probably write you such a script for LibreOffice as a fun exercise (I don't use Word, "no more')
There are dozens of possible approaches but Aren does not edit Word documents.
Here are some places to look for that kind of help:
o-- AI like Duck.ai, Perplexity, ChatGPT, etc. Can easily write such a script if you can get the prompts right. Be sure to make backups of everything first. And before using such code, ask the AI to tell you everything wrong with it. This will take back-and-forth but for moderately straightforward stuff, it often works.
o-- Help sites like superuser.com or stackoverflow.com, etc. can help with such scripts/macros, if you search well and ask correctly.
o-- Use a cheap coding or editing service like freelancer.com or developersforhire.com, etc.
If my understanding of your issue is still incorrect, please clarify some more. Otherwise, Godspeed!
Good Luck,
Randy
ETA: If my understanding is still incorrect and screenshots would help, you can upload those to a free service like imgur.com and link to that here.
Oh, are you saying that you don't want the pictures moved within the file system, you want the pictures inserted into your word doc?
Is that correct?
If so, then you need a Word automation tool, like a macro, PowerShell script, VBS script, etc.
This is not the place for that although I would probably write you such a script for LibreOffice as a fun exercise (I don't use Word, "no more')
There are dozens of possible approaches but Aren does not edit Word documents.
Here are some places to look for that kind of help:
o-- AI like Duck.ai, Perplexity, ChatGPT, etc. Can easily write such a script if you can get the prompts right. Be sure to make backups of everything first. And before using such code, ask the AI to tell you everything wrong with it. This will take back-and-forth but for moderately straightforward stuff, it often works.
o-- Help sites like superuser.com or stackoverflow.com, etc. can help with such scripts/macros, if you search well and ask correctly.
o-- Use a cheap coding or editing service like freelancer.com or developersforhire.com, etc.
If my understanding of your issue is still incorrect, please clarify some more. Otherwise, Godspeed!
Good Luck,
Randy
ETA: If my understanding is still incorrect and screenshots would help, you can upload those to a free service like imgur.com and link to that here.
#4:
Hi Randy, that's correct, I need the files (pictures ) moving to the word document.
Thankyou for the suggestions but I'm clearly out of my depth here so had better go to a commercial service of some kind, I don't think I could do it myself.
As well as inserting the pictures I'd like the whole project to be formatted so I think I'll have to get it done professionally, it's very kind of you to help though, I do appreciate it
thanks again
Steven
Hi Randy, that's correct, I need the files (pictures ) moving to the word document.
Thankyou for the suggestions but I'm clearly out of my depth here so had better go to a commercial service of some kind, I don't think I could do it myself.
As well as inserting the pictures I'd like the whole project to be formatted so I think I'll have to get it done professionally, it's very kind of you to help though, I do appreciate it
thanks again
Steven