Preferences: Export-Filename

You can set the following preferences regarding the suggested filename of an export:

Export Filename Preferences

Export Filename Preferences

Suggest Filename

Here you can specify whether or not a filename shall be suggested within the export file dialog.

Add Name of View

Here you can specifiy whether or not the suggested filename for a view's image export shall contain the name of the view. Furthermore, you can define whether this addition shall be put in front or at the end of the suggested filename.

Replace White Space Characters

Here you can specifiy whether or not the suggested filename may contain white space characters. In case you do not allow white space characters you can define the replacing character.

Replace Illegal Characters

Here you can specifiy which character shall be used to replace illegale characters (meaning invalid characters that are not allowed for filenames in your operating system).

Separate Logical Units

Here you can specify which character(s) shall be used to separate logical units of the suggested filename. Logical units are, for example, the fundamental tone of a chord or scale as well as possible additions such as information about scale blocks or the view's name.

Examples

This sections illustrates the currently set preferences of this dialog. Depending on these preferences the resulting filenames of randomly chosen chords and scales are shown. You can generate new examples with the corresponding button.

Related topics

Workbench → Preferences → Export

Related tasks

Tasks → Export Actions