Creating an image file from an embedded image

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.
You have created an embedded image in your file content.

Your need

You need to use the same embedded image at several places in your content. By creating an image file from the embedded image, the image can be single sourced, thus facilitate maintenance of the image if it needs to be updated.

The possibility

It is possible to create an image file from an embedded image. The embed element is replaced by an image element, which has a reference to the new image file stored in Skribenta.

About this task

What you will learn

This instruction tells you how to create an image file from an embedded image.

The result

This is the content before creating an image file from an embedded image:

This is the content after creating an image file from an embedded image:

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Overall steps

Open the file, then save the embedded image in your content to a file.

Time

1 minute

Procedure

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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, right-click the embed element.

A pop-up list opens.

3. In the pop-up list, select the embed icon.

The embed toolbar opens,

4. On the embed toolbar, click Save As.

The Save as tab opens.

In the Folder box, the default save folder is presented.
In the File name box, the default file name is presented.

5. If you want to:

select another folder to save the image file in, click Browse and select the desired folder.
specify another file name, type the name in the File name box.
create image files for all embed elements in the file, select Do 'Save As' for all embed elements in the file.

6. To create image file(s) from the embedded image(s), click Apply.

If you selected to save all embedded elements as files, a Confirm dialog box opens.

1. Click OK to confirm.

The embed element(s) is/are replaced by image element(s) with a reference to the new image file(s).