Creating a link to content outside Skribenta

Background

Starting point

The procedure in this topic assumes Skribenta is installed and configured for normal operation, and:

You have logged into Skribenta.
You are assigned to one of the following user roles: content provider, technical writer or administrator.
You have selected the workspace you want to work in.
A content file or a configuration file is created in the workspace.
You have browsed to and opened the file in the Workspace view or the Publications view.

Your need

You need to refer to a website or to a file residing outside Skribenta. This can be done by creating a link with a certain type.

The possibility

It is possible to create a link to content outside Skribenta such as a website or a file residing outside Skribenta.

What you will learn

This instruction tells you how to create a link to content outside Skribenta.

The result

This is the content before creating a link to content outside Skribenta:

This is the content after creating a link to content outside Skribenta.:

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Overall steps

Open the file, then create a link to a website or a file residing outside Skribenta.

Time

1 minute

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1. Make sure that the step(s) in section "Starting point" (see section "Background" above) are performed.

2. In your file content, put the caret where you want to create the link.

3. On the top toolbar, click Block > Paragraph.

An empty paragraph element is created.

4. On the top toolbar, click Inline > Link (or press Ctrl+L).

The To tab on the link toolbar opens.

5. If you want to create a link to a:

website, type the address to the website using the form http://webaddress in the File box.
file residing outside Skribenta, type the path to the file outside Skribenta using the form file://file path/filename in the File box.

6. Click the Type arrow and select Outside.

7. Click Apply.

A link element containing the file name is created.

Alternative procedure: Creating a link, of selected text, to content outside Skribenta

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1. Make sure that the step(s) in section "Starting point" (see section "Background" above) are performed.

2. In your file content, select the text which shall be your link text.

3. On the top toolbar, click Inline > Link (or press Ctrl+L).

The To tab on the link toolbar opens.

4. If you want to create a link to a:

website, type the address to the website using the form http://webaddress in the File box.
file residing outside Skribenta, type the path to the file outside Skribenta using the form file://file path/filename in the File box.

5. Click the Type arrow and select Outside.

6. Click Apply.

A link element is created.