Renaming or moving a Concordance

Renaming or moving a concordance

Rename on the File menu allows you to rename text files and their associated concordance files easily in one operation. It also helps if you have to move a concordance to a different folder or distribute it to different computers.

Each concordance file keeps an internal note of the text file which was its source. Hence if you rename a text file using another tool such as Windows Explorer and later reload the concordance, it will not be able to find its source text. The same applies if you move a concordance and its source text to a different folder. (You could of course make the concordance again.) Using Rename avoids this problem.

Renaming

This is useful with concordances which have been given names automatically by the program. Such concordances are those made from Clipboard text and those made from multiple files, which have names like TextFromClipboard-File1.Txt.Concordance and Demo1.txtPlus3MoreFiles.txt.Concordance. You may prefer a more descriptive name!

Moving files to another location

First, copy or move your concordance file and its source text to the new location. Then start Concordance, choose Rename on the File menu, and select the source text file in its new location. Type a new name. The source text file and its concordance will both be renamed, and the concordance will know where to find its source text.

Constraints

Renaming a concordance file requires a temporary copy to be made. Hence there has to be enough disk space for two copies of the concordance file to exist during the renaming process. If there is not enough, you will be informed, and the renaming will not occur. (The temporary file is automatically deleted after a successful renaming.)

You cannot rename a concordance or its source text while they are open. If you try, you will be prompted to choose Close on the File menu first.