You can format the batch rename to replace certain characters. I set mine up to replace the space with an underscore. Works great. Cliff Fargason Scurry County -----Original Message----- From: txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Wanda Qualls Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2009 11:34 PM To: Sue Tackel; txgen@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TXGEN] Excel and photo help Does it take the spaces out. I have the same problem with pictures with spaces sent to me. I have two ladies taking pictures. One sends them the way I like it but the other sent over 1000 with the names having spaces. Right now the San Geronimo Cemetery has 3,119 pictures with links to them. I started with one file and when that got to big I broke it down to A-C etc. So far I have broken it down several times. I have 16 files now with links to those pictures. Wanda Matthew 5 - 7 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Tackel" <sue@wisecountytexas.info> To: <txgen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2009 9:20 PM Subject: Re: [TXGEN] Excel and photo help > There's a free photo program called Irfan View that we use all the time. > Link to download - http://www.irfanview.com/ > It will do just about everything the expensive photo programs will do, > plus it will "batch rename" a folder full of pictures in one step. > Sue > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Norman M. Lewis, Jr." > <treechaser@gmail.com> > To: <txgen@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2009 6:20 PM > Subject: Re: [TXGEN] Excel and photo help > > >> I might be able to help. Does the excel file have the name of the related >> photo? If you will email me (treechaser@gmail.com) one of the excel >> files, >> I will be able to determine if I can be of any help. >> >> Norm Lewis >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On >> Behalf Of eleanorcol >> Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2009 5:51 PM >> To: txgen-l@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [TXGEN] Excel and photo help >> >> I have a wonderful lady who has done a lot of work on transcribing >> cemeteries and taking pictures in Grimes County. She recently sent me >> several CD's of listings and photos. My problem is that I don't have much >> time to work on the website. Also, she sent the listings in excel. Is >> there an easy way to save this file in a format that I can add links to >> the >> pictures? Also she saved the pictures with names that have spaces and >> hyphens that rootsweb won't accept. So in order to upload I have to copy >> them to my computer and then rename each one. Is there an easier way to >> do >> this? I'm not particularly computer savvy, especially on new things. >> >> Eleanor Colson >> Grimes County TXGenWeb >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in >> the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I guess I am just plain dumb. I downloaded the program and couldn't make heads or tails of it. Guess I will go back to just removing the spaces one by one. Wanda Matthew 5 - 7 ----- Original Message ----- From: <fargason@c-edesign.com> To: <txgen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2009 11:43 PM Subject: Re: [TXGEN] [TEXGEN] Excel and photo help > You can format the batch rename to replace certain characters. I set > mine up to replace the space with an underscore. Works great. > > Cliff Fargason > Scurry County > > -----Original Message----- > From: txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Wanda Qualls > Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2009 11:34 PM > To: Sue Tackel; txgen@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [TXGEN] Excel and photo help > > Does it take the spaces out. I have the same problem with pictures with > spaces sent to me. I have two ladies taking pictures. One sends them the > way I like it but the other sent over 1000 with the names having spaces. > Right now the San Geronimo Cemetery has 3,119 pictures with links to them. > I started with one file and when that got to big I broke it down to A-C > etc. > So far I have broken it down several times. I have 16 files now with > links > to those pictures. Wanda > Matthew 5 - 7 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sue Tackel" <sue@wisecountytexas.info> > To: <txgen@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2009 9:20 PM > Subject: Re: [TXGEN] Excel and photo help > > >> There's a free photo program called Irfan View that we use all the >> time. >> Link to download - http://www.irfanview.com/ >> It will do just about everything the expensive photo programs will do, >> plus it will "batch rename" a folder full of pictures in one step. >> Sue >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Norman M. Lewis, Jr." >> <treechaser@gmail.com> >> To: <txgen@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2009 6:20 PM >> Subject: Re: [TXGEN] Excel and photo help >> >> >>> I might be able to help. Does the excel file have the name of the >>> related >>> photo? If you will email me (treechaser@gmail.com) one of the excel >>> files, >>> I will be able to determine if I can be of any help. >>> >>> Norm Lewis >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On >>> Behalf Of eleanorcol >>> Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2009 5:51 PM >>> To: txgen-l@rootsweb.com >>> Subject: [TXGEN] Excel and photo help >>> >>> I have a wonderful lady who has done a lot of work on transcribing >>> cemeteries and taking pictures in Grimes County. She recently sent me >>> several CD's of listings and photos. My problem is that I don't have >>> much >>> time to work on the website. Also, she sent the listings in excel. Is >>> there an easy way to save this file in a format that I can add links to >>> the >>> pictures? Also she saved the pictures with names that have spaces and >>> hyphens that rootsweb won't accept. So in order to upload I have to >>> copy >>> them to my computer and then rename each one. Is there an easier way to >>> do >>> this? I'm not particularly computer savvy, especially on new things. >>> >>> Eleanor Colson >>> Grimes County TXGenWeb >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes >>> in >>> the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes >>> in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >