how to rename WORD document w/o right click

[new_convert]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)

ON the PC when I want to rename a WORD document I just find it in the listing under the file where it resides, hit the right click and I get a RENAME option ... i can't figure out how to rename a WORD document on the MAC?

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

Same as you rename any file on the Mac.

Find it in Finder, select it, and hit the Enter key. This should
highlight the name within a box field so that you can type over it.

You could also right-click and select Get Info and enter a name that
way. There's also a click, pause, click pattern that should activate the
name in the box field to allow re-typing.

NOTE: you must find the file in the FINDER, not via a File | Open dialog.

 

[CyberTaz]

Underscoring Daiya's suggestions - click the file once then click the name
again - not a double-click - or press enter or return after the first
click, then type a new name. (Going through Get Info, though a valid option,
is like going from Brooklyn to Queens by way of Cincinnati - hardly worth
the trip unless you happen to have other business there)

But as she points out it is a mandate of the Mac OS that file names cannot
be changed nor can files be moved or deleted through the Open & Save As
dialogs of an application. All file management - other than naming a new
file at the time it's first saved - *must* be done in Finder.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

Underscoring Daiya's suggestions - click the file once then click the name
again - not a double-click - or press enter or return after the first
click, then type a new name. (Going through Get Info, though a valid option,
is like going from Brooklyn to Queens by way of Cincinnati - hardly worth
the trip unless you happen to have other business there)

Well, I totally agree (mostly: Brooklyn to Queens via NJ), but you never
know what people might prefer, that seemed closest to the Windows way.
I personally find the click, pause, click thing very difficult to get
right consistently and not accidentally open the doc.

Actually, on re-reading this--I first thought it was they didn't *want*
to right-click but now I realize that OP doesn't know how to right
click. And yes, the name is "new convert".

New Convert--Welcome to the Mac!

You can *always* right-click on the Mac by holding down the control key
while clicking. That will bring up the contextual menu.

Depending on your machine, there are other ways (maybe two-finger tap on
a new laptop? do the current macs come with an invisible second-button
mouse? I have an old machine, so I'm not sure, but check in Finder |
Help | MacHelp, you'll see specific topics aimed at Switchers from
Windows that are very useful). You can also plug in most any mouse from
Logitech, Kensington, MS, others and use it happily.

Daiya

 

[CyberTaz]

You can *always* right-click on the Mac by holding down the control key
while clicking. That will bring up the contextual menu.

Yeah, that's a good point & a valid observation, but there's no Rename
command in it when you Right-Click a file or folder... Even in Leo :-(

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

Yeah, that's a good point & a valid observation, but there's no Rename
command in it when you Right-Click a file or folder... Even in Leo :-(

No, I just shared it as general information for future reference for the
OP, regardless of this particular question. In many other situations,
right-click will offer him/her similar options as on Windows, so it's a
good skill to know and a bad habit to break.

Though I do also think that in six months when a newbie has forgotten
how to rename a file, they might right-click, ponder, and then think,
"well, maybe Get Info includes the name?" easier than they might
remember to hit enter/return to activate the filename.