Creating a new image file by drag-and-drop

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 folder is created in the workspace.
You have an image file on your computer.

Your need

You need to import an image file from a drive on your computer to a folder in Skribenta.

The possibility

It is possible to upload one or several image files to Skribenta from a drive on your computer by using a drag-and-drop operation. The image file(s) can then be pasted to a particular folder in Skribenta.

About this task

What you will learn

This instruction tells you how to import an image file from a drive on your computer to a folder in Skribenta using a drag-and-drop operation.

The result

This is the folder before importing an image file:

This is the folder after importing an image file:

Overall steps

Import an image file from a drive on your computer to a folder in Skribenta using a drag-and-drop operation followed by a paste operation.

Time

1 minute

Procedure

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

For image file formats supported in Skribenta, see Supported image file formats.

The following characters can not be used in a file name in Skribenta:

( ) \ / : * ? " < > | % # ;

2. Move one or several image files, or one or several folders containing image files, from your computer disk to the Skribenta user interface using a drag-and-drop operation.

A message to the right of the top toolbar is displayed.

3. On the Aspect toolbar, click Workspace.

4. In the Workspace view, browse to the folder that you want to paste the image file(s) to.

5. Right-click the folder.

A pop-up list opens.

6. In the pop-up list, select the folder icon.

The Folder toolbar opens.

7. On the Folder toolbar, click Paste.

A Confirm dialog box opens.

8. Click OK.

If a file with the same name already exists in the folder, a second Confirm dialog box opens.

If you want to:

import the file with a new name, click Copy name.

The image file is imported to the folder with a new file name.
overwrite the existing file, click Replace.

The image file is imported to the folder and overwrites the existing file.