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== Exporting/Importing files from the sugar-journal with Drag-Drop with a 2nd USB-stick==
== Exporting/Importing files from the sugar-journal with Drag-Drop from a 2nd USB-stick==
'''Note: After user feedback this page is UNDER CONSTRUCTION'''
'''Note: After user feedback this page is UNDER CONSTRUCTION'''
:I will try to simplify the examples to clarify How to use Drag-Drop in Sugar--[[User:Satellit|Satellit]] 22:22, 19 January 2012 (EST)
:I will try to simplify the examples to clarify How to use Drag-Drop in Sugar--[[User:Satellit|Satellit]] 22:22, 19 January 2012 (EST)
:'''Note:For All  Links and Screen-shots:'''
:'''Use your Browsers <== Back arrow to return here'''
::Click on a Screen-shot to see it full size


*A Booted Trisquel 5.0-sugar CD was used for these examples
*A Booted Trisquel 5.0-sugar CD was used for these examples
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::Copied from the USB to another Computer and uploaded to the Sugarlabs.wiki
::Copied from the USB to another Computer and uploaded to the Sugarlabs.wiki
::Where it was inserted into this page
::Where it was inserted into this page
*You can import and export items from the sugar [[Human_Interface_Guidelines/The_Laptop_Experience/The_Journal|'''journal''']] Using this procedure :
===Export items from the sugar Journal===
*Insert a 2nd USB
*import and export items from the sugar [[Human_Interface_Guidelines/The_Laptop_Experience/The_Journal|'''journal''']] Using this procedure :
:'''required to be present for this to work.'''
*You need a 2nd USB-stick inserted in a USB slot before you begin.
*click on the '''journal''' icon under the XO AVATAR in the '''(f3) Home''' screen
:'''USB-stick is required to be inserted for this to work.'''
*Move the mouse cursor to center of the screen.
*Click on the journal icon under the XO Avitar centered in the f3 (Home) screen.
*bottom left edge of screen shows '''journal''' and '''2nd USB-stick'''
[[File:Example.jpg]]
[[File:Screenshot_of_Journal_on_bottom_bar.png|500px]]
*move the mouse cursor to the center of the screen.
*In the left bottom of the sugar screen will be 2 USB icons
:Journal
:2nd USB
[[File:Example.jpg]]
*click on a file in the journal listing that pops up when you click on the journal icon in the left bottom corner;
:and hold down the mouse 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.
:This is a '''Drag-Drop''' export to the 2nd USB-stick
===Import to Sugar Journal===
:is done just the opposite way:
*click on a file (picture or .xo file) on the 2nd USB that pops up when you click on it's icon in the left bottom corner.
*drag it with the mouse to the journal icon in the bottom left corner. A + will appear as it is added to the journal.
:Hold down the right mouse button as you drag the file to the Journal icon in the left bottom corner.
*When you go to (f3) Home  Screen and click on the journal the new item will be in the journal.
: If the file was an activity.xo file. It will be automatically installed.
*(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.)


*drag a file in the List above the Journal with mouse right button depressed
:to the '''2nd USB-stick''' icon now showing in bottom bar next to '''journal''' icon
*hover over the USB-stick icon and release the right mouse button. A + will briefly appear
[[File:Screenshot_of_2nd_USB-stick_drop_down.png|500px]]
* Select '''remove''' on Drop-down menu (Safely remove USB-Stick)
*remove USB-stick from computer running sugar
*insert USB-stick into another windows or linux computer and drag file on USB-stick to the your desktop
:(or into host system by removing and re-inserting USB-stick after exiting sugar)
*open and copy this file to a paste bin application in your browser
==='''export Photos'''===
:'''drag-drop to a 2nd USB-stick''' can be used to export Photos created with the sugar record activity from the journal.
===import/install <activity>.xo file===
:drag-drop an <activity.xo> file from a 2nd USB-stick to the Journal.
: Download site for <activity>.xo files
:::See the Activities link on wiki top bar
:[[Sugar_Creation_Kit#ASLOxo-6]]  DVD.iso with 400+ activities
:::Can be used as a Drag Drop source
:[[Sugar_Creation_Kit#SCK-USB_.28CD.iso.29|The Sugar Creation Kit wiki on a USB-stick]]
: Intended to be run where there is NO Internet Connection Available.
:Successfully tested on a G1G1 XO-1 running os508dx - (Dextrose2):(
==='''Screen capture'''===
:''' <Alt> + 1 or <PrtScn> (when present) captures the screen and stores a screenshot in the Journal.'''
*How to take [[User:Tonyforster#Screenshots_in_Sugar|Screen Shots with a cursor from an XO-1 or live fedora CD]]
*[[Talk:Sugar_Creation_Kit/sck/Drag-Drop#How_to_Make_screen-shots_on_a_Mac| How to take Screen Shots on a Mac]] Useful for sugar applications running in VirtualBox for OSX
*[[Talk:Sugar_Creation_Kit/sck/Drag-Drop#How_to_Make_screen-shots_on_a_Mac| How to take Screen Shots on a Mac]] Useful for sugar applications running in VirtualBox for OSX
*Comment: An important use case for the Keep button. How do we store just the image, without the software state? Some Activities, including Turtle Art, have a button for this purpose.
*Comment: An important use case for the Keep button. How do we store just the image, without the software state? Some Activities, including Turtle Art, have a button for this purpose.