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Work with documents, letters, and images, whether created in Clinical, imported or scanned into Clinical, or received or sent via communications services such as email, SMS and MDExchange.
Letter Writer
Use the letter writer to compose patient letters and other documentation.
Tabs
Adding, Deleting and Modifying Tab Stops (Method 2)

Correspondence
Work with documents, letters, and images, whether created in Clinical, imported or scanned into Clinical, or received or sent via communications services such as email, SMS and MDExchange.
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  Use the letter writer to compose patient letters and other documentation.
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  - Deleting Letters
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    Customise the headers and footers for your letters.
  - Inserting Other Content into a Letter
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    Add page numbering to letters.
  - Preferences (Letter Writer)
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  - Tabs
    - Adding, Deleting and Modifying Tab Stops (Method 1)
    - Adding, Deleting and Modifying Tab Stops (Method 2)
  - Templates
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  Access a patient's My Health Record from a patient's clinical record.
- Correspondence Permissions
- SMS Reminders - About and Registration
- Documents

Adding, Deleting and Modifying Tab Stops (Method 2)

Before you begin

Procedure

Ensure the insert point is within the paragraph that contains the tab stop(s) you wish to format.
Select Format > Tabs. The Tabs window appears.

The list of tab stop positions appears, the format of each reflecting those of the currently-selected paragraph in your letter.
(Optional) To modify an existing tab stop;
- Select the Tab Stop position you wish to edit, by either;
  - Typing in the tab stop position (e.g. 40), or
  - Selecting the tab stop position.
- Change the alignment of the tab stop.
(Optional)To add a tab stop;
- Enter the tab stop position manually by typing a figure (in millimetres) for the distance you wish it to appear from the margin.
- Select an alignment for the tab stop.
To remove a tab stop;
- Select the Tab Stop position you wish to remove, by either;
  - Typing in the tab stop position (e.g. 40), or
  - Selecting the tab stop position.
- Click Clear to remove it from the list. You can also remove all tab stops from the selected paragraph by clicking Clear All
Click OK to confirm your alterations.

Results