In this case, the file name becomes "New Document From Images". I often use the context menu in File Explorer to execute a saved screenshot processing sequence. My screenshots are saved under automatically assigned names like "Screen Shot 2025-05-20 at 20.49.54.png".
Is there a way to change the name of the saved PDF file that is created from more than one image to something more related to the input files? For example, "Screen Shot 2025-05-20 at 20.49.54, etc" (if "Screen Shot 2025-05-20 at 20.49.54.png" was the first file in the input list) or "New Document From Images 2025-05-20 20.49.54" (if "Screen Shot 2025-05-20 at 20.49.54.png" had the latest date-time stamp of all the input files).
The %[FileName] placeholder does not work if there is more than one file in the input
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Re: The %[FileName] placeholder does not work if there is more than one file in the input
Hello Jensen Head,
Yes - %[FileName] is useful when you have a single file name to work with, and currently as you have noticed does not take the first file name when working with multi files input. I will pass this one to the devs for consideration as well!
p.s. A ticket has been created for this reported issue:
#7517: Tools: The %[FileName] placeholder does not work if there is more than one file in the input
Kind regards,
Stefan
Yes - %[FileName] is useful when you have a single file name to work with, and currently as you have noticed does not take the first file name when working with multi files input. I will pass this one to the devs for consideration as well!
p.s. A ticket has been created for this reported issue:
#7517: Tools: The %[FileName] placeholder does not work if there is more than one file in the input
Kind regards,
Stefan