The Remove section is the second of three sections in the Batch Rename Settings panel. In this section, users can remove text in object names or notes using a simple character positioning system.
To remove content:
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Specify in the Apply To list if the rename operation should apply to the listed objects' names or comments.
The Before and After columns in the Preview panel update with the selected object content.
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Enable Remove.
Count, At position, and From activate.
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Specify the number of characters to remove by entering a whole number in the Count field or moving its slider to the desired value.
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Specify the character position at which the remove operation should be performed. To do so, enter a whole number in the At position field or move the slider to the desired value.
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Select the direction from which the At position should be counted:
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Beginning (of the name or comment)
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End (of the name or comment)
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Review your changes then click Rename All to remove the content.
Taking the Wwise Sample Project as an example, suppose the director of the Sample Project decides that we should shorten the project's object names by getting rid of extraneous information. In this case, all the SFX under the Kalimba, Sansula, Voice, and Wood Sansula Blend Containers are prefixed with "VI_", as in Virtual Instruments. It is not key for defining these objects, so we decide to remove it.
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Open the Batch Rename view and, from the Project Explorer, drag all the SFX of those Blend Containers into the Preview panel.
One hundred and six objects beginning with "VI_" are listed. (If not, check that the Apply To list is set to apply this batch rename action to the objects' Name, not their Notes.)
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Moving to the Settings' second hierarchy, enable Remove.
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Enter 3 in Count.
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Specify 0 as the At position.
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Select Beginning in the From list.
This covers the names' first three characters, which are "VI_". (If you only wanted to remove that underscore between the "VI" and the instrument name, it would be a Count of 1 with an At position of 2.)
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Click the Preview panel.
The After column updates to show all the object names without "VI_", giving names such as SENSUSLA_A00_00.
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Click Rename All to apply the change.
For every object in the Batch Rename, names update and a Successfully renamed message displays in the Preview panel.
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