Pasting 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.
You have copied content or copied a file.

Your need

You need to paste content from the Clipboard to the content of a file in Skribenta.

The possibility

It is possible to paste content from the clipboard to the file.

What you will learn

This instruction tells you how to paste content from the Clipboard to the content of a file in Skribenta.

The result

This is the file content before pasting content from the Clipboard:

This is the file content after pasting content from 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 paste content from the Clipboard to the file content in Skribenta.

Time

Less than 1 minute

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. Put the caret in your file content where you want to paste the content from the Clipboard.

3. Press Ctrl+V.

If the content on the Clipboard is an image file, a pop-up list opens.
- If you select Paste as an image or press Esc, the image is inserted into your file content.
- If you select Paste as resource ID, the image file's resource ID is inserted into your file content.
- If you select Paste as a figure wrapper, the image is inserted into your file content inside a figure wrapper.
If the content on the Clipboard is an XML file, a pop-up list opens.
- If you select Paste as include, an include link to the copied file is created in your file content.
- If you select Paste as link, a link to the copied file is created in your file content.
- If you select Paste as resource ID, the copied file's resource ID is pasted into your file content.
If the content on the Clipboard are elements and/or text, the content on the Clipboard is inserted into your file content.

Depending on where you put the caret and depending on the type of content on the Clipboard, Skribenta may insert the content in new elements.

When copying an element with an ID, a suffix will be added to the ID when pasting in the same file. The suffix is a number that starts from 1 and increases each time the element is pasted.
When copying an element with an ID together with a link to that ID, the link will point to the new ID (with suffix) when pasting in the same file.

Alternative procedure: Pasting 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, right-click an element where you want to paste the content from the Clipboard.

A pop-up list opens.

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

A toolbar opens.

4. On the toolbar, click Paste.

The content on the Clipboard is inserted in the element.

Depending on where you put the caret and depending on the type of content on the Clipboard, Skribenta may insert the content in new elements.

When copying an element with an ID, a suffix will be added to the ID when pasting in the same file. The suffix is a number that starts from 1 and increases each time the element is pasted.
When copying an element with an ID together with a link to that ID, the link will point to the new ID (with suffix) when pasting in the same file.