# Inserting Template Fields into a Template

Once you have decided which Template fields to use or you have defined the Template Field that you need, you can add them into a template. With the Template field in the Template, you can quickly and easily select the items you wish to add to a note, consult or discharge summary.

Developers added two new template fields to CPRS v.27 to enable sites to better serve their visually impaired users:

· Screen Reader Stop Code

· Screen Reader Continue Code

Screen readers work by speaking text and labels on dialogs and forms presented to the user. The screen reader will stop when it gets to a control, such a drop-down box or some other item. These codes will allow the users who create templates at the sites to control when the screen reader needs to stop and when it would be better for it to continue. For example, if in the template, the user needs to enter a number, but some explanatory text after the number is needed, the Screen reader Continue Code will enable the template creator to make the screen reader continue reading to give the visually impaired user all the information he or she needs. Another example would be some text that normally would not be read until a button received focus.

These codes enable template creators to more tightly control what is read when the screen reader is running. When it is not, they will not have the effect. Template creators will need to work with visually impaired users to ensure the templates are reading correctly.

To add a Template Field into a Template complete the following steps:

1. From the Notes, Consults or D/C Summ tab, select Options | Edit Templates..., Create Templates, Edit Shared Templates, or Create New Shared Template...

2. From the Template Editor, select the template to which you will add a Template Field.

3. Insert the cursor at the place in the Template Boilerplate field where you wish to insert the Template Field.

4. From the tool bar, select Edit | Insert Template Field or right-click in the template and select Insert Template Field .

5. On the Insert Template Field dialog, type the first few letters of the desired field or scroll through the list until the desired field is located and select it.

6. Select the field you want to insert.

7. Select Insert Field .

8. Repeat steps 5 through 7 for each additional Template field you wish to insert.

9. Select Done when you have added all of the desired template fields.

10. From the tool bar, select Edit | Preview/Print Template or right-click in the template and select Preview/Print Template . This will preview the template. If the template does not display with the desired appearance, you may continue to edit it.

11. On the Template Editor dialog, select OK to save the changes to the template.

Note : The Insert Template Field dialog is non-modal and can be used as a boilerplate if desired.

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Document Templates (overview)