Templates#

ℹ️ Requires a Professional or Team plan

Create reusable templates for your project and folder structures. Setup naming conventions, so you never have to rename a file or folder again. Templates require at least a Professional plan.

Sharing templates with your team#

If you want your team members to use templates too, they must have access to the template folder. This is best located on a NAS or a Dropbox that points to the same path via Map to Drive. Anchorpoint stores two different paths for Windows and macOS for templates.

Tokens#

If you want to keep consistent naming conventions, you can use tokens e.g. “[name]” in your file and folder names. Anchorpoint will rename these tokens to normal filenames by showing you a textfield to enter the proper name. Besides that, some tokens can be automatically resolved:

  • [YYYY] -> The current year

  • [YYYYMM] -> The current year and month

  • [YYYYMMDD] -> The current year, month and day

  • [ProjectFolder] -> The name of the root project folder

  • [User] -> The name of the member creating the folder from the template

  • [UserInitials] -> The initials for the user name e.g. Mat Newman will be MN

  • [Increment] -> Looks at the number of folders and files and adjusts the number e.g. 0010, 0020, 0030

  • [Inc####] -> Looks at the number of folders and files and adjusts the number like this: 0001, 0002

  • [Inc###] -> Looks at the number of folders and files and adjusts the number like this: 001, 002

  • [Inc##] -> Looks at the number of folders and files and adjusts the number like this: 01, 02

  • [Inc#] -> Looks at the number of folders and files and adjusts the number like this: 1, 2