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| Now where did I put that file? - Part 3 (Cont.) |
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| Let’s say you develop a quarterly employee newsletter for ABC Widgets, with two versions of each issue – one with full-color photos for posting on the company website, and another with grayscale photos for printing & mailing. Here are a few different ways you might name the same files (click on each to see the result): |
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| Version, Qtr, Yr, Format |
| Qtr, Yr, Format, Version |
| Yr, Qtr, Format, Version |
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| Of course, it would be even better to create a separate folder for each issue. That way, you’d just see different versions of one single issue in each folder. |
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| If it’s all the same to you… |
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| Don’t use the same folder or file names in different folders on your system. Version 1 and Version 2 sub-folders in two separate project folders will only work as long as you keep them separated. But, as soon as you move, share, or deliver those files, those folder names will become pretty meaningless. |
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| I wanna be me |
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| It’s important to use naming conventions that will work for you so you’ll follow them consistently, but don’t forget about your coworkers and clients. Don’t use names that nobody else would understand – if you’re on vacation or you deliver your files to your client, you want your naming conventions to be as intuitive to them as they are to you. |
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| The long & short of it |
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| Try to find a balance between names that are long enough to be descriptive without creating |
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