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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.
Letter Writer
Use the letter writer to compose patient letters and other documentation.
Auto Text
Creating and Editing Auto Text

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.
- Communications
  Clinical has multiple communications functions that facilitate and record communications with patients, within the practice, and with other medical professionals and healthcare providers.
- Address Book
- CDA Documents
- CDA Viewer
- Messenger
  Messenger is a built-in text-based messaging utility, allowing users to communicate instantly with all staff members and practitioners on the practice network.
- Email
  Send email from within a patient's record.
- Filtering/Searching Correspondence Records
- HealthLink
- Importing ECGs into Clinical (FAQs)
  Import electronic copies of ECGs into Clinical
- Letter Writer
  Use the letter writer to compose patient letters and other documentation.
  - Auto Text
    - Managing Auto Text
    - Creating and Editing Auto Text
  - Bullets and Numbering
  - Creating and Editing Letters
  - Deleting Letters
  - Exporting Letters
  - Fields, Data, and the Data Toolbar
  - Formatting Paragraphs
  - Formatting Text
  - Headers and Footers
    Customise the headers and footers for your letters.
  - Inserting Other Content into a Letter
  - Inserting Other Files into a Letter
  - Labels
  - Letterheads
  - Mail Merge
  - Opening Letters
  - Page Numbering
    Add page numbering to letters.
  - Preferences (Letter Writer)
  - Printing Letters
  - Saving Letters
  - Spell Check
  - Styles
  - Tables
  - Tabs
  - Templates
  - Thesaurus
- Page Setup
- MDExchange
  MDExchange is a system and subscriber service for the rapid and secure electronic transmission of communications between medical professionals in MedicalDirector 3.7 and later.
- MedicalDirector Cover
- My Health Record
  Access a patient's My Health Record from a patient's clinical record.
- Correspondence Permissions
- SMS Reminders - About and Registration
- Documents

Creating and Editing Auto Text

Before you begin

Procedure

From within Letter Writer, either;
- Select Edit > Auto Text, or
- Press Ctrl+T.
The Auto Text window appears
Either;
- Click Add to add a new Auto Text entry.
- Click Change to edit an existing Auto Text entry.
The Auto Text (add/edit) window appears.
Type the text you want to appear automatically into your document into the Auto Text box. You can free-type text, or use fields from the list to the right of this window.
Enter a keyboard shortcut for this Auto Text entry into the Shortcut text box. Do not use common words for your shortcut, as these may inadvertently be expanded. For example, if you use SO as a shortcut for Dr Simon Ohlsen this is inserted if the ENTER key is press immediately after this word.
(Optional) Select the Available to all Doctors check box if you wish this entry to be available for use by all practitioners.
Click OK confirm your Auto Text entry.

Creating and Editing Auto Text

Before you begin

Procedure

Results