Cutting content

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.
The file has an XML element that can contain text, such as a paragraph, a title, or a table caption.

Your need

You need to move some content in your file to the Clipboard.

The possibility

It is possible to cut content in a file to the clipboard in different ways. It is possible to:

cut content in an element to the clipboard

or
cut one or several elements (including all their content) to the clipboard.

About this task

What you will learn

This instruction tells you how to move file content to the Clipboard.

The result

Cutting a selection

This is the file content before moving a selection to the Clipboard:

This is the file content after moving a selection to the Clipboard:

In the shown images, the XML tags are visible. To show XML tags, see Turning XML element tags on or off.

Cutting an element

This is the file content before moving the list element and its content to the Clipboard:

This is the file content after moving the list element and its content to the Clipboard:

In the shown images, the XML tags are visible. To show XML tags, see Turning XML element tags on or off.

Overall steps

Open the file, then move a selection or element(s) in the file to the Clipboard.

Time

Less than 1 minute

Procedure

In the shown images, the XML tags are visible. To show XML tags, see Turning XML element tags on or off.

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

2. In your file content, select either:

element content that you want to cut

or
one or several elements that you want to cut.

3. Press Ctrl+X.

The selection is moved to the Clipboard.

Alternative procedure: Cutting content using the toolbar

In the shown images, the XML tags are visible. To show XML tags, see Turning XML element tags on or off.

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

2. In your file content, select either:

element content that you want to cut

or
one or several elements that you want to cut.

3. Right-click the selection.

A toolbar opens.

4. On the toolbar, click Cut.

The selection is moved to the Clipboard.

Alternative procedure: Cutting an element using the toolbar

In the shown images, the XML tags are visible. To show XML tags, see Turning XML element tags on or off.

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

2. In your file content, right-click an element that you want to cut.

A pop-up list opens.

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

A toolbar opens.

4. On the toolbar, click Cut.

The element and its content are moved to the Clipboard.

Alternative procedure: Cutting an element using a keyboard shortcut

In the shown images, the XML tags are visible. To show XML tags, see Turning XML element tags on or off.

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 immediately before or inside an element.

3. Press Ctrl+X.

The element and its content are moved to the Clipboard.