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View Attachments

When you are preparing to export a document from the Data Share module or the Medical Summary Utility (MSU), the CDA Viewer provides the ability to view document attachments. This ability to view attachments is available only when the CDA Viewer is opened in this particular way, during an export.

Attachments Available Message

To view attachments,

  1. Near the bottom of the window, select the plus Expand icon to the left of Attachments.
    The Attachments pane expands.
    Attachments Pane

  2. Select one of the listed attachment names at the left side of the Attachments pane.
    The attachment opens. Initially it may be too small to read.
    Opened Attachment

  3. Use the toolbar icons along the top of the Attachments pane to adjust the zoom level or to zoom in on a particular region. You can hover over each icon to view a tool tip for the icon. For example, you can select the zoom to width Zoom to Width icon to fit the attachment to the width of the pane, and then use the vertical scrollbar to scroll up and down in the document.
  4. You can collapse the Attachments pane by clicking the minus Collapse icon to the left of Attachments.