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== Exporting/Importing files from the sugar-journal with Drag-Drop using a 2nd USB-stick==
== Copying to USB drive from the Sugar Journal ==  


===Export from the Sugar Journal===
How to copy from the [[Human_Interface_Guidelines/The_Laptop_Experience/The_Journal|Sugar Journal]] to a second USB drive.
*import and export items from the [[Human_Interface_Guidelines/The_Laptop_Experience/The_Journal|Sugar Journal]] Using this procedure :
 
*You need a 2nd USB-stick inserted in a USB slot before you begin.
*Insert your second USB drive,
:'''A USB-stick is required to be inserted for this to work.'''
*Display the journal, by either pressing f5 once, or pressing alt-tab until the journal appears, or by clicking on the journal icon on the home screen.
*Click on the journal icon under the XO Avitar centered in the f3 (Home) screen.
*On the bottom left of the journal will be an icon for the journal, and an icon for the USB drive,
[[File:Screenshot_of_Home_DD.png|500px]]
*Click on the journal icon,
*move the mouse cursor to the center of the screen.
*Click on the file you want to copy,
*In the left bottom of the sugar screen will be 2 USB icons
*Hold down the left mouse button, move the mouse to the icon for the USB drive, and then release the left mouse button, and the copy will begin,
:Journal
:2nd USB
*click on a file in the journal listing that pops up when you click on the journal icon in the left bottom corner;
:hold down the mouse button as you drag the entry to the 2nd USB Icon next to it on the bottom left corner.
*release the mouse button when you are over the 2nd USB Icon and a + will appear.
[[File:Screenshot_of_Journal_dd.png|500px]]
[[File:Screenshot_of_Journal_dd.png|500px]]
*click on the 2nd USB icon
*Click on the icon for the USB drive, the contents are listed showing the copied file,
:Its contents are listed showing the transferred files
[[File:Screenshot_of_2nd_USBdd.png|500px]]
[[File:Screenshot_of_2nd_USBdd.png|500px]]
*Safely remove the 2nd USB-stick
 
:Click on the sugar-journal icon on the bottom of the screen
== Safely remove a USB drive ==
:Hover the mouse cursor over the 2nd USB
 
:Wait for a pop-up
How to safely remove the second USB drive.
 
*Display the journal,
*Right-click on the second USB drive icon, and click on "Remove",
[[File:Screenshot_of_Sugar_Journal_Pop_upDD.png|500px]]
[[File:Screenshot_of_Sugar_Journal_Pop_upDD.png|500px]]
*Click on "Remove:


===Import to Sugar Journal===
== Copying to Sugar Journal from USB drive ==  
:Export in reverse
 
*click on a file from the list on the 2nd USB that pops up when you click on it's icon in the left bottom corner.
*Display the journal,
*Hold Down the mouse button as you drag the file with the mouse to the journal icon in the bottom left corner. A + will appear as it is added to the journal.
*Click on the icon for the USB drive, the contents are listed,
*When you go to the (f3) Home  Screen and click on the journal the new item will be in the journal.
*Click on the file you want to copy,
: If the file was an activity.xo file. It will be automatically installed.
*Hold down the left mouse button, move the mouse to the icon for the journal, and then release the left mouse button, and the copy will begin,
*NOTE: The drag-drop process in sugar does a hidden conversion of the journal files to ones that will work on a USB. It seems to be the only way to do an import/export in Sugar.
*Click on the icon for the journal, the contents are listed showing the copied file.
 
If the file was an activity.xo file, it will be automatically installed, and will appear in the home view.
 
== Conversion ==
 
The drag-drop copy in sugar converts the journal files to ones that will work on a USB.
 
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