Bringing a Tile into the DNE

NEs, including all associations and fields, are built entirely inside the DNE. In contrast, tiles can be either created in the DNE or else brought into the DNE from outside. Tiles created in the DNE are generally subdocuments taken from other tiles. Most original information content is generated with other applications and then brought into the DNE.

Tiles can be brought into the DNE in five ways.

Files brought into the DNE can either be copied as tiles or a tile can act as a link to the file which remains outside the DNE.

Files already in your computer can be brought into the DNE in any of the first four ways. There are advantages to each method. Tiles can be created from Microsoft® Explorer® or with the drag-in drag-out ball even when the DNE is not open. With the DNE explorer you can replace one tile with another, you can affiliate new tiles with NEs in history and associations, you can bookmark a set of folders for easy access in the explorer and you can view your files organized by tile type (.bmp's are grouped together with .jpg's, because each is an image tile) rather than by file extension (.bmp's are separate from .jpg's, because the extension is different). If you create a tile right in Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Visio you can save highlights and snapshots as well as entire files.

If the DNE is open, these tiles can be affiliated with the active NE in the visible room. If the DNE is not open when a tile is created, the tile can be affiliated with an NE the next time you open the DNE.