Web Team: Contribute Resource Guide

Importing Content

Importing content allows you to reproduce the content of your documents in your Web site without recreating the same content. For programs like Microsoft Word and Excel, you can simply drag-and-drop your content into Contribute or copy the document content and paste it into your Contribute site.

Drag and drop content
Copy and paste content

Drag and Drop Content

With Windows-based computers, you can integrate content from a document into your Web site simply by dragging the document into an editable Contribute page.

To drag and drop content, follow these steps:

Browse to the page where you would like to import your content, and click Edit

Place your cursor and click where you want to import your content

To get to the document you wish to import, click restore down in Contribute (the middle box in the upper right-hand corner)

Then move the Contribute window so you can see the file on your desktop. (If the file is not on your desktop, you can find the file and open the folder containing it from here.)

Click on your file and drag it into Contribute's document window. You should see a cursor appear when you do this. Make sure the cursor is where you want it, and release the mouse button

Sellect Insert Contents, then click "OK". Your computer will pause to process the request

The content from your document should now appear inside your Web page

Other options

If your document file is not accessible from your desktop, it may be easier to use the Insert command.

To use the Insert command, follow these steps:

Browse to the page where you wish to import content, and click Edit Page

Place your cursor and click inside the page where you would like the imported content to appear

Choose Insert, and select Microsoft Office Document

From the Open dialogue, browse to the file you wish to import and click Open

Note:

If you don't see the Microsoft Office option under the Insert menu, you may not have Micrfost applications installed on your computer. In that case, copy and paste your content into Contribute.

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Copy and Paste Content

In some cases, it may be easier or more efficient to copy and paste your content into Contribute, rather than dragging and dropping. This method will also allow Macintosh users to import content, whereas the dragging and dropping option is unavailable for those users.

To copy and paste content, follow the steps below:

Open the document that you would like to copy into Contribute

Highlight the portion of the document you would like to copy into Contribute

Click on Edit, then Copy

Now open Contribute and browse to the page where you want to paste your content

Click the Edit button and place the cursor and click where you want to paste your content

Click edit, not Edit Page

Then choose Paste

The text you highlighted in your document should now appear in your Contribute site

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