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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
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type="topic" style="guide"
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<link type="guide" xref="index#main"/>
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<revision pkgversion="2.1.9" date="2013-08-18" status="draft" />
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<name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
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<email>kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>
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<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
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<desc>Change the file names using tags</desc>
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<title>Rename files</title>
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<p>You can rename your music files using the tags from within
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<app>EasyTAG</app>:</p>
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<p><link xref="file-select">Select the files</link> that you wish to
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rename in the file view.</p>
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<p>Select <guiseq><gui style="menu">Scanner</gui>
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<gui style="menuitem">Rename Files and Directories…</gui></guiseq>.</p>
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<p>Using the <gui xref="format-specifier">Legend</gui>, type in the
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structure<!--find better word--> that you would like to use for the file
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naming. For example, if you wish your files to be named
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<file>[artist] - [title].[extension]</file>, enter <input>%a - %t</input>
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into the renaming field.</p>
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<p>To apply the changes to all files, select
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<guiseq><gui style="menu">File</gui>
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<gui style="menuitem">Scan Files…</gui></guiseq>.</p>
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<p>Close the <gui style="dialog">Tag and Filename scan</gui> dialog.</p>
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<p>To save the applied changes, select
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<guiseq><gui style="menu">File</gui>
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<gui style="menuitem">Save Files</gui></guiseq>.</p>
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<p>If you close the application without saving, your changes will be