Creating a new image file by uploading

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.

About this task

What you will learn

This instruction tells you how to upload an image file to a folder.

The result

This is the folder before uploading an image file:

This is the folder after uploading an image file:

Overall steps

Browse to a folder in the Workspace view, select it and choose Upload to open a File Explorer window. In the File Explorer window, browse to an image file on a drive on your computer and select to upload the file.

Time

1 minute

Procedure

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

2. On the Aspect toolbar, click Workspace.

The Workspace view opens.

3. In the Workspace view, browse to the folder that you want to upload one or several image files to.

4. Right-click the folder.

A pop-up list opens.

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

The Folder toolbar opens.

6. On the Folder toolbar, click More > Upload.

A File Explorer window opens.

7. In the File Explorer window, browse to your image files located on your computer and select one or several image files.

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:

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

8. Click Open.

The selected files are shown on the Upload tab with a message to the right of the file name:

New - if the file is new
Updated - if the file already exists, but its content is updated.

9. Click Do upload.

A message dialog box opens.

10. Click OK.

The image files are uploaded to the folder.