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File naming conventions.
File naming conventions (rules)
Some characters are not allowed when naming a file.
When you save a file, whether it is a picture, a document or anything at all really, there are certain rules which must be obeyed.
Although things have changed since the first home computers there are still some things you need to be aware of when naming files.
Basically, these are the characters that can be used without causing problems. Letters A through Z, and the numbers 0 (zero) through 9.
You may also use special characters such as;
underscore ( _ ),
dollar sign ( $ ),
tilde ( ~ ),
exclamation point ( ! ),
number sign ( # ),
percent sign ( % ),
ampersand ( & ),
hyphen ( - ),
braces ( { } ),
at sign ( @ ),
single quotation mark ( ` ),
apostrophe ( ' ), and
parentheses ( ).
No other special characters are acceptable.
You should NOT use; commas ( , ), backslashes ( \ ), forward slashes ( / ) and periods [ fullstops ] (except the period that separates the file extension from the file name, i.e. "myfile.txt".
