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== Exporting/Importing files from the sugar-journal with Drag-Drop using a 2nd USB-stick==
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== Copying to USB drive from the Sugar Journal ==  
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===Export from the Sugar Journal===
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How to copy from the [[Human_Interface_Guidelines/The_Laptop_Experience/The_Journal|Sugar Journal]] to a second USB drive.
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*import and export items from the [[Human_Interface_Guidelines/The_Laptop_Experience/The_Journal|Sugar Journal]] Using this procedure :
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*You need a 2nd USB-stick inserted in a USB slot before you begin.
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*Insert your second USB drive,
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:'''A USB-stick is required to be inserted for this to work.'''
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*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.
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*Click on the journal icon under the XO Avitar centered in the f3 (Home) screen.
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*On the bottom left of the journal will be an icon for the journal, and an icon for the USB drive,
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[[File:Screenshot_of_Home_DD.png|500px]]
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*Click on the journal icon,
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*move the mouse cursor to the center of the screen.
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*Click on the file you want to copy,
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*In the left bottom of the sugar screen will be 2 USB icons
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*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,
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:2nd USB
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*click on a file in the journal listing that pops up when you click on the journal icon in the left bottom corner;
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:hold down the mouse button as you drag the entry to the 2nd USB Icon next to it on the bottom left corner.
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*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]]
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*click on the 2nd USB icon
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*Click on the icon for the USB drive, the contents are listed showing the copied file,
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:Its contents are listed showing the transferred files
   
[[File:Screenshot_of_2nd_USBdd.png|500px]]
 
[[File:Screenshot_of_2nd_USBdd.png|500px]]
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*Safely remove the 2nd USB-stick
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:Click on the sugar-journal icon on the bottom of the screen
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== Safely remove a USB drive ==
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:Hover the mouse cursor over the 2nd USB
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:Wait for a pop-up
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How to safely remove the second USB drive.
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*Display the journal,
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*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]]
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*Click on "Remove:
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===Import to Sugar Journal===
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== Copying to Sugar Journal from USB drive ==  
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:Export in reverse
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*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.
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*Display the journal,
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*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.
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*Click on the icon for the USB drive, the contents are listed,
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*When you go to the (f3) Home  Screen and click on the journal the new item will be in the journal.
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*Click on the file you want to copy,
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: If the file was an activity.xo file. It will be automatically installed.
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*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,
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*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.
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*Click on the icon for the journal, the contents are listed showing the copied file.
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If the file was an activity.xo file, it will be automatically installed, and will appear in the home view.
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== Conversion ==
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The drag-drop copy in sugar converts the journal files to ones that will work on a USB.
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