Multimedia Toolbar

Multimedia File Formats

GIF, JPG, JPEG, TIF, BMP, PNG, PDF, DWG, CGM, DXF, SVG, WMF or EMF are all allowed Multimedia file types.

• Add

  Launches the Add Multimedia dialog to allow you to attach an image to the currently selected event. Please note that if multiple events are selected, then the image being added will be attached to all events.

Note

You can also add multimedia by dragging image files from Windows Explorer onto the Multimedia pane.

Note

The Can Report property of the Multimedia item can be used to filter which images are output to the report. (This column is invisible by default, but is available under Customise ‣ Columns.)

• Edit

  Launches the Edit Multimedia dialog. Properties of the Multimedia can be updated and saved.

• Delete

  Delete will delete the currently selected multimedia record/s. If multiple Multimedia items have been selected, then the Question dialog will give notice of how many Multimedia items will be deleted and prompt you to confirm by clicking on the Delete button.

• Launch

  Launches the currently selected Multimedia file into the default Windows viewer for the selected file type. (Note that if your image viewer supplies “Next” and “Previous” buttons, these will show you the next and previous files in the temp folder, which may not be the next and previous images in NEXUS.)

• Preview

  Toggle display of preview. If this button is selected, then whichever image is focused in the grid will be shown in a “preview” window. If EXIF data is available for the image, it will be displayed.

• Import

  See Import for full description of the Import menu item.

• Export

  See Export for full description of the Export menu item.

• Customise

  See Customise for full description of the Customise menu item.