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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.
Creating and Editing Letters
Auto Text
Use Auto Text to quickly insert bodies of text into a letter using a single keyword or phrase.
Creating and Editing Auto Text
Add and edit auto text entries.

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
  Submit HealthLink forms from the HealthLink tab of the patient's record.
- 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.
  - Opening Letters
  - Creating and Editing Letters
    - Auto Text
      Use Auto Text to quickly insert bodies of text into a letter using a single keyword or phrase.
      - Managing Auto Text
        Add, edit or delete auto text entries.
      - Creating and Editing Auto Text
        Add and edit auto text entries.
      - Adding a Signature
        Add a signature for use in letters using Auto Text.
    - Creating CDA e-Health Documents
      CDA documents can be shared between registered practitioners via systems such as MDExchange and My Health Record.
    - Editing Letter Details
    - Correcting and Deleting Content (Letter Writer)
    - Insert and Overtype Mode
    - Moving and Copying Text
    - Moving the Cursor
    - Paragraph and Page Breaks
    - Selecting Text
    - Undo and Redo
    - Views and Zoom
    - Bullets and Numbering
    - 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
    - Letterheads
    - Inserting Other Files into a Letter
    - Page Numbering
      Add page numbering to letters.
    - Preferences (Letter Writer)
    - Spell Check
    - Styles
    - Tables
    - Tabs
    - Templates
    - Thesaurus
  - Saving Letters
  - Mail Merge
  - Exporting Letters
  - Deleting Letters
  - Printing Letters
  - Printing Labels
    Print labels for affixing to letters.
- 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.
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- 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

Add and edit auto text entries.

Procedure

From within Letter Writer, either:
- Select Edit > Auto Text, or
- Press Ctrl+T.
In the Auto Text window, either:
- Click Add to add a new Auto Text entry.
- Click Change to edit an existing Auto Text entry.
In the Auto Text (add/edit) window, 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 pressed immediately after this word.
(Optional) Set Available to all Doctors if you want this entry to be available for use by all practitioners.
Click OK to confirm your Auto Text entry.