The Roman Numerals category is the sequence number family with Roman numerals: I, II, III, IV, …

  • Produce roman numeral list replaces the whole name, e.g. Chapter I.pdf, Chapter II.pdf, …
  • Add roman numeral at beginning and Add roman numeral to end
  • Insert roman numeral in front of existing text, Insert roman numeral after existing text and Insert roman numeral at position

Start with: and Step value: are entered as normal Arabic numbers. Sort first:, Then: and Sort each folder separately work as for sequence numbers, and Produce roman numeral list also has Prefix: and Suffix:; the order of the files follows the preview list.

Example

Three recordings of a lecture, Lecture morning.mp4, Lecture afternoon.mp4 and Lecture evening.mp4, should be numbered in the order in which they were recorded.

  1. Choose Produce roman numeral list
  2. Enter Lecture, Part (with a space at the end) in Prefix: and 1 in Start with:
  3. Set Sort first: to By creation date (from oldest to newest)

The files become Lecture, Part I.mp4, Lecture, Part II.mp4 and Lecture, Part III.mp4.

Try it on your own files

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