Exploring the SOAPware Interface - Toolbars
Many commands in SOAPware are used repeatedly, and it is common to place frequently used commands on toolbars. By default, a common toolbar is placed on the right side of the screen. Multiple toolbars are an option, and they can be placed/docked to any edge of the screen. Also, they can float anywhere desired.
Primary Toolbar - Menu
- SOAPware Workspaces: SOAPware contains many different workspaces. Each has a different function. If users want to change workspaces, just Click on SOAPware, and select another workspace.
- Chart: The Chart menu provides many of the tools needed for the chart workspace.
- Billing: The Billing menu will be grayed out unless the user has the SOAPware Billing Suite. This area allows the user to maintain their billing workspace.
- Docutainers: This menu area includes many tools needed to create and build users' documentation, including Rx Manager, Templates, and SMARText, as well as many other tools.
- Edit: The Edit menu provides tools needed for editing documentation.
- Tools: The Tools menu is an area where users will do a lot of set up for their SOAPware workflow. For example, a user would want to come to this menu option to set up insurance companies, pharmacies, and contacts.
- View: The View menu includes refill requests, layouts, and several view-related settings.
- Help: One of the many options within the Help Menu is to view what version of SOAPware is running on the database. Click Help > About SOAPware.
Common Toolbar
The Common Toolbar provides quick access to many frequently used tools in SOAPware. Instead of having to search using the primary tool, Click on the buttons on the toolbar to perform the following actions:
- Scan an image
- Zoom in
- Zoom out
- Print a document from Available Document Designs
- Manage an order
- Close the chart
- Refile a chart
- Handout Manager
- Unlock chart sections
- Undo
- Cut
Multiple Toolbar Options
In addition to the Common Toolbar, there are several additional toolbars available. To view these, Click on the Tools Menu and select "Customize". This will bring up the Customize window above. Click each individual toolbar wished to be displayed.
The additional toolbars are:
- Imaging
- Edit
- Document Management
- Patient Management
Users may also Click "New" to create their own customized toolbar, and may Click Reset to reset the toolbars to the default settings.
Customizing Toolbars
Users may customize the existing toolbars by adding and deleting buttons from the existing toolbar. To do this, Click the Commands tab in the Customize window shown above.
- To add commands to a toolbar, locate the command to add. To locate the commands a user would like to include, Click on "All Commands", or browse by category, such as "Chart Section" or "Edit".
- Next, Click and hold on the command in the "Command" section of the window and drag it to the toolbar and drop it in the desired location. When the command is ready to drop, a black bar will be visible in the toolbar, indicating where the new command will be located.
Once the command is dropped, a new button will be placed on the users toolbar.
Removing a Command from the Toolbar
To remove a command from a toolbar, with the command window above still open, Click and hold the button on the toolbar and drag it to the command window and drop it. This will remove it from the toolbar. Users may also use this method to rearrange the commands on the toolbars by dragging them to another position.
Saving Toolbar Customizations
To save the changes that were made to the toolbar, we will first Close the Customizations window. Users will then be presented with the warning shown above.
Anytime a user makes changes to their toolbar, they must save their changes by going to Tools > Options > Toolbars > Save.