If you manage a large number of images in your Author-it Library, you’ll want to hear about a nice little feature we’ve added in Author-it 5.1. Using this new feature couldn’t be easier and the result could save you a huge amount of time.

Creating a file object to store an image in Author-it is a quick and easy process. You’ve probably been in the same situation as me though: you have fifteen images in a folder on your desktop which all must be added to your Author-it library as file objects. Creating the objects individually could be time-consuming and error-prone, there must be a better way.

In Author-it 5.1 there is a better way:

1. Open Author-it 5.1 and log in to your library.
2. Open the folder you wish to import your images into.
3. Select all the images you want to import from your desktop or Windows Explorer (it could be one or it could be one hundred.
4. Drag the selected images and drop them in the Author-it folder listing.
5. Click the “OK” button in the “Create File Objects” window.
6. File objects are created for each image.

There are a few additional points of interest on the “Create File Objects” window that you may find useful:

• The text “<FileTitle>” will be replaced with the images file name in the description field.
• You can choose the folder objects are created in, and the template they’re based on.

Sometimes it’s the small things added in a release can make all the difference.
I hope you find Drag and Drop Images as useful as I do. Check out the release notes for Author-it 5.1 for more features you may have missed.
Posted by John Mikkelsen, Director of Development Author-it Software Corporation