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Renaming Category names

esseryn

2004-03-30, 9:33 pm

I use FP2k on Win 98 and recently discovered the categories component.
This features was going to be used for a sitemap directory.

Does FP allow you to rename a category?

As far as I know you can only "add", "delete", or "reset" category
names. IMO it is mind boggling that there does not appear to be a way
to rename categories.

Jim Buyens

2004-03-30, 9:33 pm

>-----Original Message-----
>I use FP2k on Win 98 and recently discovered the
>categories component. This features was going to be used
>for a sitemap directory.
>
>Does FP allow you to rename a category?
>
>As far as I know you can only "add", "delete", or "reset"
>category names. IMO it is mind boggling that there does
>not appear to be a way to rename categories.

Sorry, you have to delete the old category assignment and
then add the new one.

Fortunately, this doesn't have to be terribly labor-
intensive.

1. Switch to Reports View.
2. Display the Categories report.
3. Click on the Catgegory heading. This will sort
all the files in your Web by category name.
4. Shift-click to select all the Pages with the "wrong"
category name.
5. Right-click the selection, then choose Properties.
6. Click the Workgroup tab, then delete and add whatever
category names you want.

Only thing, I'm not sure of this works in FP2000. It
definitely works in FP2003.

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
http://www.interlacken.com
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esseryn

2004-03-31, 2:28 am

Thank you so much! Your solution worked like a charm. I just wish FP2k
help already had the answer.

"Jim Buyens" <news@interlacken.com> wrote in message news:<1313401c4169a$1864cb50$a601280a@phx.gbl>...
>
> Sorry, you have to delete the old category assignment and
> then add the new one.
>
> Fortunately, this doesn't have to be terribly labor-
> intensive.
>
> 1. Switch to Reports View.
> 2. Display the Categories report.
> 3. Click on the Catgegory heading. This will sort
> all the files in your Web by category name.
> 4. Shift-click to select all the Pages with the "wrong"
> category name.
> 5. Right-click the selection, then choose Properties.
> 6. Click the Workgroup tab, then delete and add whatever
> category names you want.
>
> Only thing, I'm not sure of this works in FP2000. It
> definitely works in FP2003.
>
> Jim Buyens
> Microsoft FrontPage MVP
> http://www.interlacken.com
> Author of:
> *----------------------------------------------------
> |\---------------------------------------------------
> || Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Inside Out
> ||---------------------------------------------------
> || Web Database Development Step by Step .NET Edition
> || Microsoft FrontPage Version 2002 Inside Out
> || Faster Smarter Beginning Programming
> || (All from Microsoft Press)
> |/---------------------------------------------------
> *----------------------------------------------------