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== Exporting/Importing files from the sugar-journal with Drag-Drop using a 2nd USB-stick==
 
== Exporting/Importing files from the sugar-journal with Drag-Drop using a 2nd USB-stick==
'''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)
 
  
*A Booted Trisquel 5.0-sugar CD was used for these examples
 
::Note these screen-shots were Drag-Dropped to a 2nd USB-stick
 
::Copied from the USB to another Computer and uploaded to the Sugarlabs.wiki
 
::Where it was inserted into this page
 
 
===Export from the Sugar Journal===  
 
===Export from the Sugar Journal===  
*import and export items from the sugar [[Human_Interface_Guidelines/The_Laptop_Experience/The_Journal|'''journal''']]  Using this procedure :
+
*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.
 
*You need a 2nd USB-stick inserted in a USB slot before you begin.
 
:'''A USB-stick is required to be inserted for this to work.'''
 
:'''A USB-stick is required to be inserted for this to work.'''
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[[File:Screenshot_of_Sugar_Journal_Pop_upDD.png|500px]]
 
[[File:Screenshot_of_Sugar_Journal_Pop_upDD.png|500px]]
 
*Click on "Remove:
 
*Click on "Remove:
 
:This is an an example of how '''Drag-Drop''' to/from a 2nd USB-stick is done.
 
  
 
===Import to Sugar Journal===
 
===Import to Sugar Journal===
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: If the file was an activity.xo file. It will be automatically installed.
 
: If the file was an activity.xo file. It will be automatically installed.
 
*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.
 
*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.
 
===Notes===
 
* To Take a Screen shot in Sugar:
 
:<alt>+(1) will put it in the sugar journal
 
*[[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.
 
  
 
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Exporting/Importing files from the sugar-journal with Drag-Drop using a 2nd USB-stick

Export from the Sugar Journal

  • import and export items from the Sugar Journal Using this procedure :
  • You need a 2nd USB-stick inserted in a USB slot before you begin.
A USB-stick is required to be inserted for this to work.
  • Click on the journal icon under the XO Avitar centered in the f3 (Home) screen.

Screenshot of Home DD.png

  • 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
  • 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.

Screenshot of Journal dd.png

  • click on the 2nd USB icon
Its contents are listed showing the transferred files

Screenshot of 2nd USBdd.png

  • Safely remove the 2nd USB-stick
Click on the sugar-journal icon on the bottom of the screen
Hover the mouse cursor over the 2nd USB
Wait for a pop-up

Screenshot of Sugar Journal Pop upDD.png

  • Click on "Remove:

Import to Sugar Journal

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.
  • 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.
  • When you go to the (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.
  • 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.
  • Use the ← left________________________right → links in the colored bar below
to connect to another part of this Annotated Guide to Sugar
Connecting to the Internet Find Help How to Use IRC