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Attachments

Uploading attachments

  • Your System Administrator may have set restrictions on the type and size of attachments that can be uploaded through the editor.
  • Folders uploaded through the editor are automatically zipped (compressed) and given a ".zip" extension.
  • There are four ways to upload attachments through the editor:
    • Drag an attachment directly into the editor
    • Copy then Paste an attachment into the editor
    • Browse the file system for an attachment
    • Enter a direct URL for an attachment

Drag an attachment directly into the editor

  1. Select the file or folder on your local computer and drag it into the editor.
  2. The hyperlink created displays the file or (Zipped) folder name as hyperlink text (see below)
  3. Modify the hyperlink text if necessary. Even when modified, hyperlink text will continue to link to the same attachment.

Drag a file or folder into the editor.

Copy then paste an attachment into the editor

  1. Find the file or folder on your local computer and, in the context menu, select Copy.
  2. In Edit mode, in the context menu, select Paste.
  3. The hyperlink created displays the file or (Zipped) folder name as hyperlink text.
  4. Modify the hyperlink text if desired.

Copy and paste an attachment into the editor.

Browse the file system for an attachment

  1. In Edit mode, select some text or an object.
  2. On the toolbar, select the Attachment button. Or, in the context menu, select Toolbar, Buttons, Attachment.
  3. In the Attachment Library dialog box seen below, under the Browse tab, search through available sources and select an attachment. Your System Administrator determines which sources are available to you.
  4. When an attachment is selected, the text or object selected becomes the anchor for the attachment hyperlink.

Browse for attachments.

Enter a direct URL for an attachment

  1. In Edit mode, select some text or an object.
  2. On the toolbar, select the Attachment button . Or, in the context menu, select Toolbar, Buttons, Attachment.
  3. In the Attachment library dialog box seen below, under the Enter URL tab, enter the URL at which the attachment can be found.
  4. Select OK to upload the attachment.
  5. In the editor, the text or object selected becomes the anchor for the attachment hyperlink.

Enter a URL for an attachment.

Remove an attachment

  1. To remove the attachment, place the cursor in the hyperlink and open the context menu. In the context menu, select Hyperlink then Remove.

Optional Features

Save an attachment to a specific folder

  1. When an attachment is uploaded, if the Save To feature is enabled, the Upload Attachment dialog box opens.
  2. Use the Upload Attachment dialog box to save the attachment to a specific folder or sub-folder. Your System Administrator determines to which folders and sub-folders you may save attachments.
  3. As you navigate the folder system, the "Library" and "Folder" fields in the upper section of the Upload Attachment dialog box confirm your selections.

Rename uploaded attachments or replace existing attachments

  1. When the filename of the attachment you are uploading already exists, the Filename already exists dialog box displays (see below).
  2. This dialog box lets you rename the attachment that you are uploading, or lets you replace the existing file with the attachment. One or both of these options may be enabled by your System Administrator.
  3. In the screenshot below, both options are enabled. Enter a new filename if you wish to rename the uploaded file, or choose to replace the existing file with the new one.

File name already exists dialog box.

Save attachments to My Computer

When available, this feature permits users to save to their local computer files found in the attachment library.

  1. In the Attachment Library dialog box, under the Browse tab, with the cursor in the chosen file, open the context menu and select Save to my computer.

Save To attachment option.

OR:

  1. In Edit Mode, place the cursor in the anchor text for the attachment, open the context menu and select Hyperlink, then Save to my computer.

Save attachment to My Computer.