Dear Matika,

"Open Paint shop Pro, go to file, scroll down and click on batch processing,  it will ask you to browse for the files you wish to convert and which format you wish to save them in.  That is all.  As far as I know there is no limit to the number of files you can convert.  You can also to a batch rename the same way. 

Hope this answers you question

Oh here is a link to corel's instructions if you have a problem.  You do not need to sign in.  I don't think anyways. 

http://product.corel.com/help/photopro/540243425/EN/Doc/wwhelp/wwhimpl/js/html/wwhelp.htm?context=Corel_PaintShop_Photo_Pro_Help&topic=0x00000&single=

Copy the whole link into your web browser"

Good heavens!!!  Two years after asking the question!

ROFLMAO!

Okay, now I'm not laughing at you Matika, in fact I'm very grateful for the reply.

I do appreciate you talking the time to bother with such a lonely question.

Luckily there are some much more busy forums around, plus I've found that my local library can supply reference books on PaintShop Pro, so I haven't had to rely on this place.

It's a real shame that this place isn't busier than it is.

So once again, thank you for taking the time and effort to reply, many thanks.

Fran