How to Add a Visual Page to a Work Instruction Step

Besides visual elements, you can also add visual pages to a work instruction step.

What Is a Visual Page?

Each work instruction step can have one or multiple visual pages. Check out the image below to see what a visual page is:

1. Click to add a new visual page.
2. This is the displayed visual page.
3. Use this section to select the visual page that you would like to be displayed. You can scroll up & down if you have multiple visual pages to select from.

Which Types of Visual Pages Are Available?

1. An image
2. A video
3. A PDF file
4. A Microsoft Office file (Word/Excel/PowerPoint). You can also edit Microsoft Office files in Azumuta – see how you can do it here.
5. An ERP tag (you can link an ERP tag to Microsoft SharePoint)
6. A 3D file
7. iframe (you can insert a link to a specific webpage to be displayed in a work instruction step)
8. An image with a specific format (for example: the image must be of a certain size). Please contact us through our support@azumuta.com email if you would like to have this this type of visual page.
9. A link to another work instruction/instruction step.
10. A PDF file from your Microsoft SharePoint

Here’s an example of a work instruction step that contains multiple pages, seen from the operator’s screen:

How to Add a Visual Page to an Instruction Step

In Azumuta, a single work instruction step can contain multiple visual pages to deliver extra information to your operators. Here’s how to add a page to an instruction step.

1. Navigate to the targeted work instruction step where you would like to add a page.
2. Click on “Open”.
3. Click on the “Visuals” tab.
4. Click on “Add page”.
5. Select one of the available page formats.

Note: Adding a visual page to a work instruction step is different from adding an attachment to a work instruction.

Editing a Microsoft Office File in Azumuta

Note: You can only edit Microsoft Office files in Azumuta if you've indicated that you have a Microsoft Office license. Click here to learn how to do it on your profile, and here to do it on the profile of other users in your workspace.

1. Navigate to the work instruction step with a Microsoft Office file in it.
2. Click on “Open”.
3. Click on the “Visuals” tab.
4. Locate the page with a Microsoft Office file.
5. Click on the “three-dot icon” on the top right.
6. Click on “Open in Word for the web”.
7. Edit the file.
8. When you’re done editing, close the file. All edits will be saved automatically.

Note: If you do not see the page type "office file" appear when you want to add a page to visual elements, contact us via the support@azumuta.com email.

How to Select a Visual Page as the Primary Page

1. Under “PAGES”, select a visual page that you wish to make a primary page, and right click on it.
2. Select “Pin as primary page”.