Rule 3: Use capital letters to delimit words, not spaces or underscores Avoid using spaces and underscores in file names. Some software packages have difficulty recognising file names with spaces, this can be a particular difficulty for files when they are published on an external website, so it is best to avoid using spaces. Using underscores and hyphens in your file names increases the length, which is incompatible with rule 1. Where capitalised acronyms are used in file names the acronym should appear in capitals and the first letter of the following word should also be capitalised. Example Correct file names RiskManagement.rtf RAEInstructions.html Incorrect file names Risk_management.rtf Risk management.rtf RAE_instructions.html Research Assessment Exercise instructions.html Explanation: Removing the space or underscore reduces the length of the file name, and by using capital letters to differentiate between the words the file name is still readily recognisable. This article was published on 2024-04-17
