| Use the Launcher to Label groups of files
James Huffman queried:
Is there a way to hack the labels menu so that it will change the color of the entire CONTENTS of a folder or disk partition. "Labels" is a great idea, but I haven't quite reached the level of anal-retentiveness required to label each and every file that I create. Until I reach that point, it would be nice to be able to easily label all Excel-related files dollar-bill green, or Word-related files library-shelf brown.
While ResEdit doesn't directly solve this problem, James' question did get me thinking, and here's my solution :
In this example, we will take all our Microsoft Word documents, and label them red.
 The best way to select all the documents of one application is to search for the ceator code.
To find the Creator for Word, open the application or a document in ResEdit, and from the File menu, Get Info...
The creator for Word is MSWD. You can now quit ResEdit.
Using the Find File utility (Command-F in the Finder), search for all files whose creator code is MSWD. And for extra credit, I want to ignore any applications (APPL).
Once you have a listing, select all the documents with Command-A, or the menu option Edit-->Select All.
From Find File's Label menu, select your color. I picked red instead of the brown that James suggested because it's easier to see.
In Find File, you will notice the change immediately.
 In the folder, you will notice all the appropriate icons now show the label color.
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