Accessing Plant Information from the Internet

If access to the Internet is available, plant images and information are easily obtained from within the plant database window. Images can be copied directly into the database (image credits can also be specified).

To access plant information from the Internet:

1.	Open the plant database as described in Accessing the Plant Database.

2.	Locate the plant record that requires images or information.

3.	Select the View > Swap Data View/Web View database command to toggle to web view.

In web view, a search is automatically conducted for the current plant, and its information and images are displayed.

4.	Click on the web view tabs to find plant information from four different sources.

5.	Click the buttons to navigate through the web pages of each tab or to reset the view to the initial search (based on the Latin name).

6.	To easily copy an image from the Internet to the plant database, select Copy from the image context menu. Then select Paste Bitmap from the image container context menu. Image credits can be added in the Image Credits area under the images, to avoid copyright issues.

Image files can also be saved and inserted into the database later, as described in Editing Plant Records.

7.	Select the View > Swap Data View/Web View database command to return to the database view.