[NJTechDiv] Changing a file extension

[Eileen Scrivani]

Did you try “rename” under the application key? Go to the folder & file you want to rename. Tap the application key once, then up-arrow 2 times and press enter on Rename. Edit the file name to what you want the extension to be and press enter again. Only thing is that this usually gives a message about losing your formatting so you might want to make a copy of your file as is before renaming with a new extension.

Eileen

From: Tracy Carcione via NJTechDiv 
Sent: Friday, January 29, 2021 11:57 AM
To: 'New Jersey Technology Division List' 
Cc: Tracy Carcione 
Subject: Re: [NJTechDiv] Changing a file extension

Hi Mario.
I did try what you suggest, but it only shows me the filename without the
extension, and, when I type .brf, it makes my filename name.brf.txt, which
doesn't help.
Google says I can use the View menu to make Win10 show me the file
extension, but I can't find it there.
Tracy

-----Original Message-----
From: NJTechDiv [mailto:njtechdiv-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mario
Brusco via NJTechDiv
Sent: Friday, January 29, 2021 9:53 AM
To: Tracy Carcione via NJTechDiv
Cc: Mario Brusco
Subject: Re: [NJTechDiv] Changing a file extension

when focused on the file, press f2. now you can press the end key, 
remove the BRF extension using the backspace key, type TXT and press 
enter. if this doesn't work, explain how you used to be able to do it 
and any error messages that result from the attempt.

-------- Original Message --------
From: Tracy Carcione via NJTechDiv [mailto:njtechdiv at nfbnet.org]
To: 'New Jersey Technology Division List' <njtechdiv at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net>
Date: Friday, January 29, 2021, 8:30 AM
Subject: [NJTechDiv] Changing a file extension
I want to change a file extension from .txt to .brf, and Windows won’t
let me do it, although I know I’ve done it in the past.

How do I do this?  How do I make Windows10 show me file extensions at all?

Thanks.

Tracy


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