Can I change Filename from within Lightroom?

Question

I am in the Trial Period with Lightroom, having just used it for two days. I assume that one must be able to change a photo's filename from within Lightroom, but I surely can't see how to do it, having looked in the Help file and through all the menus.
Here's what I'm trying to do. When I take photos, I create a descriptive filename that tells me what's in the image. Then I import a big batch. What I want to do is to create slideshows from those images in a different order from the importing order: maybe it's slide 23, then 15, then 10, etc. I was hoping to do this by sticking sort numbers on the front of the filenames (changing the filenames), and then sorting on the filenames to create the desired slideshow sequence.
But, I can't find a way to change the filename within LR. If I do it outside LR, then I lose whatever work I've already done on the images.
Am I overlooking some obvious better way to do this?
Thanks
Bob Chapman
I'm running LR 1.2, Windows XP, 2 GB RAM, big disks.

Answer 1

Even easier, select the image or images and press F2 to rename.<br /><br /><[email protected]> wrote in message <br />news:[email protected]..<br />> Hi Bob,<br />><br />> To change the filename for an individual file select the file from grid <br />> view and look over at the Metadata panel on the right side of the screen. <br />> Click on the filename in the metadata panel and it should change <br />> appearance to show that it can now be edited. Type Away!<br />><br />> BTW, If you are planning to make the slideshow using the LR Slideshow <br />> module, the easiest way (for me at least) is to put the slides that are <br />> going into the ss into a Collection. (Yep, time to read up on collections <br />> :) Then you can manually order the slides however you want, select them <br />> all, and use the ss Module to create the ss.<br />><br />> Enjoy!