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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.
Tables
Modifying Tables
Formatting Tables

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
  - 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

Formatting Tables

Before you begin

Procedure

Select the cells you wish to format.
(Optional)For text and paragraph formatting within a cell, see Formatting Text and Formatting Paragraphs respectively.
(Optional)To format the table structure, select Table > Properties. The Table Properties window appears.
Make adjustments to the format from the following options, as desired;
- Frame: By default ,although you can see the table cells on your letter, they are not printed. This feature adds a printed border to selected cells. To create a printable border, first select enter a Line Width, and then click within the thumbnail preview (the Frame section on the Table Properties window) to apply each border. The example above shows that a 1.5pt line has been applied to the upper and left borders of the cell. Note that you cannot change the border colour.
- Background: By default, each cell has no background colour. To change the background of selected cells, select a colour from the standard 16-colour Windows palette drop-down menu, or click
  
  to select from a 48 colour palette or create your own custom colour.
- Vertical Alignment: This is the vertical alignment of the contents of each selected cell.
- Text Distances: This is the spacing between each cell border and its contents.

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