Difference between revisions of "DrawIO-Saving a File"

Latest revision as of 15:25, 19 October 2021

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To save a file using Draw.IO:

From the File menu, select: Export as...
Select XML as the format
In the pop-up dialog, deselect all options except "All Pages", which should be selected.
Click on the Export button
Enter a suitable filename in the dialog
Click on the Device button
The file will be saved to your download folder. Upload the file using SFTP.

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 # From the '''File''' menu, select: '''Export as...'''
 # Select '''XML''' as the format
-# In the pop-up dialog, ''deselect'' all options, so the dialog appears as: [[File:DrawIO.FileExportXMLDialog.png]]
+# In the pop-up dialog, ''deselect'' all options except "All Pages", which should be selected.
 # Click on the '''Export''' button
 # Enter a suitable filename in the dialog
 # Click on the '''Device''' button
-# The file will be saved to your download folder.  Open the file using any '''TEXT''' editor (such as Notepad), then copy and paste the contents into the file specified in the exercise.  (The exercise will specify a filename with an extension of '''.xml''' which will instruct emacs as to how to interpret the file.)  '''DO NOT COPY THE CONTENTS FROM A BROWSER''' as this will add unnecessary characters.
+# The file will be saved to your download folder.  Upload the file using [[SFTP]].
-# After pasting the contents, select the XML region and type {{SpecialKey|ALT|x}} '''sgml-pretty-print''' which will correctly format the region.  (If this doesn't work, first execute {{SpecialKey|ALT|x}} '''set-justification-left''' and then re-execute the command.)