Hello,
X7 offers to rename during importation : Great we were waiting for this option.
But what about renaming any of the existing pdfs that are currenty inside ths pdf folder? Have developers forgot about htis simple fact? If yes, this is such sensless!
Under the options, References Option, File Attachments, you can rename some or all of the PDFs attached in your library. Or, if you select some or all of your records, then rt click - file attachments, rename PDFs and it will ask you if you are sure, and then let you specify the criteria. The folder name doesn’t change to a sensible name, but the files in the folder do. Doing a search of the PDF folder though, quickly finds the potential PDFs in which you are interested.
I keep getting “No PDFs were renamed” error. Could you please clarify how to automatically rename existing files without creating a random subfolder?
you can’t – the PDFs get renamed, but not the folder itself.
Leanne,
The PDFs do not get renamed. I manually linked PDFs to a reference, and, put them all in one folder so that I can see the whole list at once rather than random folder names. In this instance, the PDF name will not change and I get the error mentioned above.
I updated to v 7.1 just to learn that the PDF renaming/organising functionality is practically unuseable. Very dissapointing.
Leanne,
The PDFs do not get renamed. I manually linked PDFs to a reference, and, put them all in one folder so that I can see the whole list at once rather than random folder names. In this instance, the PDF name will not change and I get the error mentioned above.
I updated to v 7.1 just to learn that the PDF renaming/organising functionality is practically unusable. Very dissapointing.
Sorry. I am just a user like you. I don’t ever browse my PDFs in the folders. I always retrieve them from endnote, so it isn’t an issue for me.
I as well didn’t think it worked at first, but now I simply found out that it dosn’t rename the original file i the original folder, but makes a renamed copy of the file in a folder called: MyEndNoteLibaryData, subfolder PDF.
Hope this will help you all localize youre renamed PDF files 
Regards Isabella