Folder Rename - two lines

I want to be able to have two lines
for the name of the folder, but it
wont let me. Hitting Enter just ends
the renaming. I tried a few key
combinations, but nothing worked.

I think I did this years ago, but I
have forgotten how to do it, or I have
a false memory.

Don
Tue Aug 19 05:47:37 PDT 2008

I believe the only place you can make a two line folder name is when it is
associated with an icon.

To do this, just lengthen the name with spaces i.e.,

cars folder becomes

cars
folder

if you add spaces between cars and folder.


--
Don
Vancouver, USA


"Gianni" <gianni@gianni.com> wrote in message
news:OkF9mweAJHA.524@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>I want to be able to have two lines
> for the name of the folder, but it
> wont let me. Hitting Enter just ends
> the renaming. I tried a few key
> combinations, but nothing worked.
>
> I think I did this years ago, but I
> have forgotten how to do it, or I have
> a false memory.

Twayne
Tue Aug 19 08:26:09 PDT 2008

> I want to be able to have two lines
> for the name of the folder, but it
> wont let me. Hitting Enter just ends
> the renaming. I tried a few key
> combinations, but nothing worked.
>
> I think I did this years ago, but I
> have forgotten how to do it, or I have
> a false memory.

In explorer; or on the desktop for icons?

Gianni
Tue Aug 19 11:08:08 PDT 2008

Twayne wrote:
>> I want to be able to have two lines
>> for the name of the folder, but it
>> wont let me. Hitting Enter just ends
>> the renaming. I tried a few key
>> combinations, but nothing worked.
>>
>> I think I did this years ago, but I
>> have forgotten how to do it, or I have
>> a false memory.
>
> In explorer; or on the desktop for icons?
>
>
Desktop

MickMurphy
Tue Aug 19 14:25:02 PDT 2008

I used to do that in Office! But I've forgotten the Keys too!
CTRL and Enter, or Alt and Enter; just a guess!
--
Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia


"Gianni" wrote:

> Twayne wrote:
> >> I want to be able to have two lines
> >> for the name of the folder, but it
> >> wont let me. Hitting Enter just ends
> >> the renaming. I tried a few key
> >> combinations, but nothing worked.
> >>
> >> I think I did this years ago, but I
> >> have forgotten how to do it, or I have
> >> a false memory.
> >
> > In explorer; or on the desktop for icons?
> >
> >
> Desktop
>

Gianni
Tue Aug 19 15:28:01 PDT 2008

Mick Murphy wrote:
> I used to do that in Office! But I've forgotten the Keys too!
> CTRL and Enter, or Alt and Enter; just a guess!

I tried those. I'm pretty sure I did it
years ago, but I forget how now. It's
one of those things that if you don't do
regularly you forget.

Twayne
Tue Aug 19 16:20:38 PDT 2008

> Twayne wrote:
>>> I want to be able to have two lines
>>> for the name of the folder, but it
>>> wont let me. Hitting Enter just ends
>>> the renaming. I tried a few key
>>> combinations, but nothing worked.
>>>
>>> I think I did this years ago, but I
>>> have forgotten how to do it, or I have
>>> a false memory.
>>
>> In explorer; or on the desktop for icons?
>>
>>
> Desktop

Just right-click, RENAME the icons keeping a couple things in mind.
Everybody's system may be a little different, but in general the first
line of the name holds about 6 characters in my case. So anything
greater than 6 characters is going to be two lines of text. Ymmv;
remember, this is MY system.
So let's say I want ShutDown to take two lines:
I'll type for the name "Shut", then a space, then "Down", and hit
return. That will result in the icon name looking like:

Shut
Down

If a word is too short, you can pad it out with spaces enough to fill a
line, and make the second word spill onto the next line.
That's a handy way to make hyphenated words break in the right places
so they display as two words, split in the right place. Just add a
space.
AFAIK, ctrl-enter, alt-enter, etc., will NOT break a line for you in
the icon's title bar.

HTH

Twayne

Gianni
Tue Aug 19 17:11:54 PDT 2008

Twayne wrote:
>> Twayne wrote:
>>>> I want to be able to have two lines
>>>> for the name of the folder, but it
>>>> wont let me. Hitting Enter just ends
>>>> the renaming. I tried a few key
>>>> combinations, but nothing worked.
>>>>
>>>> I think I did this years ago, but I
>>>> have forgotten how to do it, or I have
>>>> a false memory.
>>> In explorer; or on the desktop for icons?
>>>
>>>
>> Desktop
>
> Just right-click, RENAME the icons keeping a couple things in mind.
> Everybody's system may be a little different, but in general the first
> line of the name holds about 6 characters in my case. So anything
> greater than 6 characters is going to be two lines of text. Ymmv;
> remember, this is MY system.
> So let's say I want ShutDown to take two lines:
> I'll type for the name "Shut", then a space, then "Down", and hit
> return. That will result in the icon name looking like:
>
> Shut
> Down
>
> If a word is too short, you can pad it out with spaces enough to fill a
> line, and make the second word spill onto the next line.
> That's a handy way to make hyphenated words break in the right places
> so they display as two words, split in the right place. Just add a
> space.
> AFAIK, ctrl-enter, alt-enter, etc., will NOT break a line for you in
> the icon's title bar.
>
> HTH
>
> Twayne
>
>
I know there is a way to cause the line
to split the line
without padding. I suspect it is
something contained
in quotes.

Thanks for responding.

Twayne
Thu Aug 21 16:34:29 PDT 2008

> Twayne wrote:
>>> Twayne wrote:
>>>>> I want to be able to have two lines
>>>>> for the name of the folder, but it
>>>>> wont let me. Hitting Enter just ends
>>>>> the renaming. I tried a few key
>>>>> combinations, but nothing worked.
>>>>>
>>>>> I think I did this years ago, but I
>>>>> have forgotten how to do it, or I have
>>>>> a false memory.
>>>> In explorer; or on the desktop for icons?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Desktop
>>
>> Just right-click, RENAME the icons keeping a couple things in mind.
>> Everybody's system may be a little different, but in general the
>> first line of the name holds about 6 characters in my case. So
>> anything greater than 6 characters is going to be two lines of text.
>> Ymmv; remember, this is MY system.
>> So let's say I want ShutDown to take two lines:
>> I'll type for the name "Shut", then a space, then "Down", and hit
>> return. That will result in the icon name looking like:
>>
>> Shut
>> Down
>>
>> If a word is too short, you can pad it out with spaces enough to
>> fill a line, and make the second word spill onto the next line.
>> That's a handy way to make hyphenated words break in the right
>> places so they display as two words, split in the right place. Just
>> add a space.
>> AFAIK, ctrl-enter, alt-enter, etc., will NOT break a line for you
>> in the icon's title bar.
>>
>> HTH
>>
>> Twayne
>>
>>
> I know there is a way to cause the line
> to split the line
> without padding. I suspect it is
> something contained
> in quotes.
>
> Thanks for responding.

Well, I'm going to go out on a limb here, and bet you a free cup of
coffee that there is no native way of doing so in XP. Perhaps some 3rd
party app might, but XP can't, I'm pretty sure.
I wouldn't mind being wrong in this case, but ... I don't think I am.

Cheers,

Twayne

Gianni
Thu Aug 21 18:27:28 PDT 2008

Twayne wrote:
>> Twayne wrote:
>>>> Twayne wrote:
>>>>>> I want to be able to have two lines
>>>>>> for the name of the folder, but it
>>>>>> wont let me. Hitting Enter just ends
>>>>>> the renaming. I tried a few key
>>>>>> combinations, but nothing worked.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think I did this years ago, but I
>>>>>> have forgotten how to do it, or I have
>>>>>> a false memory.
>>>>> In explorer; or on the desktop for icons?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Desktop
>>> Just right-click, RENAME the icons keeping a couple things in mind.
>>> Everybody's system may be a little different, but in general the
>>> first line of the name holds about 6 characters in my case. So
>>> anything greater than 6 characters is going to be two lines of text.
>>> Ymmv; remember, this is MY system.
>>> So let's say I want ShutDown to take two lines:
>>> I'll type for the name "Shut", then a space, then "Down", and hit
>>> return. That will result in the icon name looking like:
>>>
>>> Shut
>>> Down
>>>
>>> If a word is too short, you can pad it out with spaces enough to
>>> fill a line, and make the second word spill onto the next line.
>>> That's a handy way to make hyphenated words break in the right
>>> places so they display as two words, split in the right place. Just
>>> add a space.
>>> AFAIK, ctrl-enter, alt-enter, etc., will NOT break a line for you
>>> in the icon's title bar.
>>>
>>> HTH
>>>
>>> Twayne
>>>
>>>
>> I know there is a way to cause the line
>> to split the line
>> without padding. I suspect it is
>> something contained
>> in quotes.
>>
>> Thanks for responding.
>
> Well, I'm going to go out on a limb here, and bet you a free cup of
> coffee that there is no native way of doing so in XP. Perhaps some 3rd
> party app might, but XP can't, I'm pretty sure.
> I wouldn't mind being wrong in this case, but ... I don't think I am.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Twayne
>
>
You are probably right. I know I did it
in 98SE,
but there seems know way I know to do it.