Setting up a Scanner in EXACT

Your IT company will probably have done this. You should only change the scanner setup if new hardware is installed or scanning is not working.

1. From the ‘Contacts’ tab (You can choose any patient), click on the button to open the ‘Select Source’ window:

   This will show all scanner and camera drivers that have been installed on your PC.
   From the ‘Contacts’ tab, click on the “source” button and a window similar to the following will appear:

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2. Click on the required Source.

3. Click on the Select button.

4. You have now selected the scanner driver. Unless you change scanners, you will not have to do it again.

Note that you also need to specify the Scanning Format.

To configure the scanning format (This example is for PDF format. recommended)

1. Select Configure > Practice Settings.

2. Under the Format for Scanned Documents header, select the PDF (multipage support) option:

   Note that the indication of which scanned documents file types support single / multi-page scanning.

3. Select OK.