Import/Export content

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Import/Export content
<%EXTOGGLE%>Importing content

The Import/Export option from the File tab allows you to import Instruction text to create a new content file or into a currently open content file. From the File tab:

1.Click the Import/Export tab on the left.

2.Click the Import Instructions button.

3.Select the appropriate type of file:

•Microsoft Word

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Live Content Studio uses a Rich Text editor. When scripting Instructions in Word, each new paragraph will generate a new Instruction when imported into Live Content Studio. Soft returns will import as line breaks, and most direct formatting (e.g., bold, italics, underline, font color, etc.) will carry over into your content.

Advanced formatting features such as Word Styles or Paragraph Before/After spacing should not be applied, as source code will be imported and embedded such that text cannot be formatted correctly in Live Content Studio.

•Text Document (i.e., Notepad)

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WordPad should not be used to script Instructions. Imported Instructions will display as source code. For example, the text “This is an instruction” in WordPad imports to Live Content Studio as: “\pard\sa200\sl276\slmult1\f0\fs22\lang9 This is an instruction\par”.

•Live Content .tlc File

TPArrowUse this option to import a Content Master.

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If you import a Live Content file with Instructions into an open piece of content, the imported Instructions (and any captured Steps and Alternatives, if opted) will be appended to the end of the currently open piece of content.
<%EXTOGGLE%>Exporting content

Export allows you to export Instructions from the currently open content. From the File tab:

1.Click the Import/Export tab on the left.

2.Click the Import Instructions button.

3.Select the appropriate type of file:

•a Microsoft Word document.

•a Text Document (i.e., Notepad).

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Text Instructions will export as separate paragraphs to either Word or a Text Document. Form Instructions will only export to Microsoft Word as a graphic, and will not export to a Text Document.