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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'''
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: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)
*A Booted Trisquel 5.0-sugar CD was used for these examples
*A Booted Trisquel 5.0-sugar CD was used for these examples
::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]]
*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.)
*[[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.