<table border="0" cellpadding="20px" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td><div class="breadcrumbs"><a href="1_4_6_1.html" title="Viewing clip properties">Previous</a> | <a href="1_4_6_3.html" title="Organizing clips in folders">Next</a> | <a href="1_4_0_0.html">Starting and Working with Projects</a> > <a href="1_4_6_0.html">Working with the Media window</a></div><h4 class="head2">Renaming, deleting, and finding items</h4><hr /><ol><p class="paragraph">Use the Media window to rename, find, and delete items. All media in your project exist on your hard disk as files stored separately from the project--only a reference to each file is added to the Media window in Adobe Premiere Elements. Whenever you rename, edit, or delete a clip in Adobe Premiere Elements, the original file and file name remain untouched on your hard disk.</p><p class="tip"><img src="images/tip.gif" alt="Tip" height="20" width="20" />When you use the Project > Locate Media command, you have the option of deleting the actual source file along with its reference in the project. (See <a href="1_5_10_0.html">Analyzing clip properties and data rate</a>.)</p></ol><p class="headstep">To rename a clip:</p><ol><li class="numberstep" type="1" value="1">Select the clip, and choose Clip > Rename.</li><li class="numberstep" type="1" value="2">Type the new name, and press Enter.</li><p class="tip"><img src="images/tip.gif" alt="Tip" height="20" width="20" />You can also rename a selected clip by clicking its name once to select the text, typing the new name, and pressing Enter. In addition, the Rename command is also available when you right-click a clip.</p></ol><p class="headstep">To rename an original source file:</p><ol><p class="paragraph">Exit Adobe Premiere Elements and rename the file on the Windows desktop. The next time you open the project, Adobe Premiere Elements asks you to locate the file. (See <a href="1_4_4_0.html">Locating missing files</a>).</p></ol><p class="headstep">To delete an item from the Media window:</p><ol><p class="paragraph">Select the item and press the Delete key. (To identify unused items, note the Video Usage and Audio Usage columns in List View. To display these columns, scroll to the right.)</p><p class="note"><span class="bold">Note:</span> Because Adobe Premiere Elements doesn't store actual media files in the project, deleting a clip from a project removes all instances from a movie but does not delete the clip's source file from your hard disk. To conserve disk space, also delete the source file in Windows.</p></ol><p class="headstep">To find an item in a project:</p><ol><li class="numberstep" type="1" value="1">Choose Edit > Find, or click the Find button <img src="images/P_Search_Wi_N.gif" alt="Find button " height="11" width="15" /> at the bottom of the Media window.</li><li class="numberstep" type="1" value="2">Specify options based on the contents of any column in List view.</li><li class="numberstep" type="1" value="3">Click Find.</li></ol><hr /><div class="breadcrumbs"><a href="1_4_6_1.html" title="Viewing clip properties">Previous</a> | <a href="1_4_6_3.html" title="Organizing clips in folders">Next</a> | <a href="#top">Top</a> | <a href="1_4_0_0.html">Starting and Working with Projects</a> > <a href="1_4_6_0.html">Working with the Media window</a></div></td></tr></table>
