ReferralNet Word Plug-in

The ReferralNet Word Plug-in, as its name suggests is a plug-in to Microsoft Word with which to create and communicate documents through Microsoft Word to ReferralNet and other 3rd party interoperable message system recipients.

ReferralNets' Word Plug-in makes it easy to send reports directly from your favourite Word Processing application. The ReferralNet Word Plug-in includes the ability to encapsulate the source document within a compliant HL7 message and is fully integrated with the ReferralNet provider directory.

• Release Notes
• Frequently Asked Questions

It is strongly recommended that the use of graphics within templates be avoided, for two very important reasons;

1. The clinical application consuming the resulting message may not be able to deal with embedded images within an RTF stream.
2. Since the release of Microsoft Word 97, documents saved as Rich Text Format (RTF) that contain embedded graphics result in a dramatically increased file size.
   • http://support.microsoft.com/kb/224663
   • How to create and use a registration entries file

If you must use embedded graphics (company logo etc), please ensure that you follow the below steps to avoid the expense of a large RTF payload;

1. Follow the instructions to disable the default management of exported images outlined in the above Microsoft article.
2. Re-size the graphic outside of Word using a graphics application (Paint, Picture Manager etc) before embedding it within your document / template.

Configuring Microsoft Word

• How to setup Word Templates
• How to setup Word Mail Merge

• The Word Plug-in in practice