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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
Moving the Cursor

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
    - Correcting and Deleting Content (Letter Writer)
    - 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
    - Insert and Overtype Mode
    - Moving and Copying Text
    - Moving the Cursor
    - Paragraph and Page Breaks
    - Selecting Text
    - Undo and Redo
    - Views and Zoom
  - 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

Moving the Cursor

The cursor (or insert point) is the blinking, vertical barthat appears when and where you click within the body of a letter. When you type, text is inserted at the cursor from the keyboard. This should not be confused with the mouse pointer which changes shape as it is moved about the window.

For most users, the easiest way to move the cursor within a document is to use the mouse. This can be done by using the scroll bar to scroll up or down to the desired section and then moving the cursor by clicking at the desired position.

The cursor can also be moved using the keyboard. The following table lists the keys that can be used to move the cursor.


To Move the Cursor	Press
One character to the left	Left Arrow
One character to the right	Right Arrow
One line up	Up Arrow
One line down	Down Arrow
One word to the lef	CTRL+Left Arrow
One word to the right	CTRL+Right Arrow
To the beginning of a line	Home
To the end of a line	End
Up one window	Page Up
Down one window	Page Down
To the end of the letter	CTRL+End