====== How to organize documents by properties ======

You can use DropIt to organize your files into subfolders named with many file properties.

You can use [[howto:customize_destinations|Abbreviations]] to customize the destination field of your associations. The selected abbreviations will be added in your destination field and during process they will be replaced with the correct file property.

Now are reported some examples of associations.

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===== Example 1 =====

Name: ''My Documents by Date''\\
Rules: ''*.doc;*.xls;*.pdf''\\
Action: ''Move''\\
Destination: ''C:\Docs\%DateCreated%\%TimeCreated%''

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===== Example 2 =====

Name: ''My Documents by Type''\\
Rules: ''*.*''\\
Action: ''Move''\\
Destination: ''C:\Docs\%FileType%''

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===== Example 3 =====

Name: ''My Documents by Format''\\
Rules: ''*.*''\\
Action: ''Move''\\
Destination: ''C:\Docs\%FileExt%''

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===== Example 4 =====

Name: ''My Documents by Original Directory''\\
Rules: ''*.doc;*.xls;*.pdf''\\
Action: ''Move''\\
Destination: ''C:\Docs\%ParentDirName%''