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I have two questions regarding Ant Renamer 2.10:

Is it possible to summarize several working-steps to a "batch" that can be stored and called again later (only: select new filenames and call the "Batch")?

I have filenames (with caracters ".") that I want to rename depending on the following rules:
1) Every character before the first appearance of the character "#" is to be deleted (incl. the character "#" itself)
2) Every character "+" is to be changed to the character blank
Example: The filename
AAA.AAAA.AA#BBB+CCCCCCCC+DDDDD+EEEEEEEEEEEEEE+FF
is to be changed into
BBB CCCCCCCC DDDDD EEEEEEEEEEEEEE FF

There is a way to add several actions to a "batch" and then save that to a file, cf toolbar buttons in the "action" page.
So in this case you could combine the "delete character" action for 1, repeat it a second time with other parameters to remove the # which would be the 1st character then, and then use the string replacement for 2.
Check the help file for how to use the batch thing

With your tips I could resolve my problems.

To throw away the first part of the filename, I went another way:
I used the "Regular Expression"- function with
- Expression: .*#
- New name: <empty>

It would be great, if there would be a manual for ant renamer, especially regarding the expressions, I can use in ant renamer. The help function is too minimalist.

But also without a manual or a more detailed help function: Ant renamer is a great tool! Thanks for it!