Changing version name in Aperture?

anyone know how, if possible, to change the version name after a botched import?
Also I'm wondering if it is ok to post technical questions here since I never received any replies to my last (Oct) tech question
Thanks

And just remember changing the VERSION name does not automatically change the FILE name on your hard drive. File names can only be changed upon moving files in or out of the Aperture library. So, I always initially import every shoot into Aperture's Library and keep the files as MANAGED. During this import I make no changes to the file name. I then delete the bad images, rearrange any images if desired, then do a batch operation to change the version names (Metadata>Batch Change). Then I RELOCATE MASTERS (File>Relocate Masters) to move the files out of the Aperture Library to their final home on another drive. During this relocation process two things happen:
1. The actual file names are changed from the ones given by the camera to the version names I gave them in Aperture.
2. The files turn from being Managed to Referenced.
The result is that the file names on my hard drive match the version names in Aperture.
One of my hopes for Aperture 2.0 is to be able to rename actual file names from within Aperture, without having to do it by moving the files.

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Kirby, thanks for your helpful response. I just experimented with the Version Name field in the iPhoto import dialog and found that setting Version Name to Version Name in the
File-->Import-->iPhoto Library...
import dialog still does not preserve the Titles from iPhoto.
However, using
File-->Import-->Show iPhoto Browser...
DOES preserve the iPhoto Titles. Unfortunately, this method loses much of the Places information in the iPhoto library. I describe which Places info gets lost in this forum post:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=11229662#11229662
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Hi,
Please keep in mind that we are communicating with each other through a very thin wire: strings of words you type show on my screen. Short strings. We use terms with care in order to make our communication possible.
"Orthodox" is a strange way to put that. "Correct" is the term I would use.
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--Kirby.

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And you seriously need to backup your iPhoto library and purchase and install iPhoto '11 version 9.5.x from the App store and download and run the iPhoto library upgraded \then run the new iPhoto - 7.1.5 is not fully compatible with Mavericks
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I've finally made up my mind about renaming my img. names in Aperture, and I would like to have something like "Travel San Francisco 2005 version x 1.CR2", where "version x" is the number which Aperture automatically adds whenever I make a change to an image. This is then followed by a number which automatically increases by one for every new image: 1, 2, 3, 4... etc. until there are no more images to choose from in the current project.
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HI, there:
I like answering these easy ones. Too often the questions regarding Aperture can't be solved as of yet becasue it's a bug or a lacking feature.
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Sounds like the coder who implemented the code for this in file import didn't consult the corder doing it in the Batch change section
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