Set up Documents Preferences

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Document Type Viewers

NextGen® Enterprise EHR provides the following three document viewers for use with different document formats. You can specify document viewers under NextGen® Enterprise EHR Documents Preferences. Your system administrator can help you determine which viewers are appropriate for your practice. Viewer Format Supported Description TX Text .doc .docx .rtf .txt TX Text is the default viewer for all patient documents. It is also the default viewer for documents in Rich Text Format (RTF) and plain text format that are attached to patient encounters/categories in NextGen® Enterprise EHR through the Document Monitor utility. Note: NextGen® Healthcare recommends using the TX Text viewer for all supported document formats. The ability to insert addendums and lab results in a patient document is available with this viewer only. Word Application .doc .docx .hed .rtf .txt Note: To use this viewer, you must have Microsoft® Word installed and the Browse in the same window option enabled in Microsoft®

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Set up Documents Preferences

You can set up documents preferences for: Viewers by document type A default generator and a default printer for documents launched from a template trigger and generated offline using the Document Queue utility Checking spelling in documents (TX Text viewer only) Default layout view of TX Text documents Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR. Select Tools and select Preferences. The Preferences window opens. Select the Documents tab. Set up the applicable preferences in each section. To save preferences, perform one of the following: Select OK to save the preferences and close the window. Select Apply if you want to continue setting other user preferences on tabs in the window. Document Viewer Preferences Default Generator and Printer Preferences Set up Spell Checker Preferences Parent topic: Patient Documents

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Set up Spell Checker Preferences

In the User Settings section, set your preferences for the spell checker and default layout view of TX Text documents. For the TX Text Viewer only, you can set up the default view for how your TX Text documents display in NextGen® Enterprise EHR. In the User Settings section, select one of the following view options from the Default TX Text View list: Normal View Page Layout View Word Wrap View Note: Normal View is the default. Select Apply to save any changes to your settings. Parent topic: Set up Documents Preferences

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Set up Spell Checker Preferences

In the User Settings section, set your preferences for the spell checker and default layout view of TX Text documents. For the TX Text Viewer only, you can set up the default view for how your TX Text documents display in NextGen® Enterprise EHR. In the User Settings section, select one of the following view options from the Default TX Text View list: Normal View Page Layout View Word Wrap View Note: Normal View is the default. Select Apply to save any changes to your settings. Parent topic: Set up Documents Preferences

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Default Generator and Printer Preferences

You can set the default generator and a default printer for the documents generated from a template trigger and generated offline using the Document Queue utility. The preferences in the Generating section apply only to the documents that are generated offline from a Launch Document template trigger using the Document Queue utility for the TX Text Control. The preference settings are specific to each user machine. If no default preferences are set, documents are sent to the first available running instance of Document Queue and the default Windows printer. If you generate documents offline using the Documents module, you can select the generator and printer on the Generate Document window. In the Generating section, from the Default Generator list, select the default machine for running the Document Queue utility. Note: To the Default Generator list, you must first turn on the Document Queue utility. Select the printer you want from the Default Printer list, that displays the printers

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Documents Preferences

The Documents tab enables you to set up documents preferences for the following: Viewers by document type A default generator and a default printer for documents opened from a template trigger and generated offline using the Document Queue utility Checking spelling in documents (TX Text viewer only) Setting the default view for documents Note: If you are using the Document Builder application with the TX Text Control®, the Documents tab of the Preferences window displays a Generating section. If you are using the Document Builder application with the HighEdit Control®, the Documents tab of the Preferences window does not include the Generating section. The following document type preferences and the default viewers are available: RTF Documents. TX Text, Word Application Text Documents. TX Text, Word Application Word Documents. Word Application Unknown Documents. TX Text, Word Application Note: NextGen Healthcare recommends that you use the TX Text document viewer as your default for al

Set up Documents Preferences

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Document Type Viewers

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Default Generator and Printer Preferences

Documents Preferences

Set up Documents Preferences

Document Type Viewers

Set up Documents Preferences

Set up Spell Checker Preferences

Set up Spell Checker Preferences

Default Generator and Printer Preferences

Documents Preferences