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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.
Formatting Paragraphs
Spacing Lines and Paragraphs

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

Spacing Lines and Paragraphs

Format > Paragraph (via Letter Writer)

You can modify the space between lines within a paragraph, and the space between two paragraphs. These modifications can be applied to selected existing text, or prior to writing any text. In the latter case, spacing settings will remain in place until you choose otherwise.

Line spacing modifications can be applied using shortcut key combinations, or by changing settings on the Paragraph window. Paragraph modifications can only be made by changing settings on the Paragraph window.

The following table lists the options that can be used to apply spacing formats to paragraphs.


Type of Spacing	Shortcut Keys	Via the Paragraph window
Single line spacing	CTRL+1	Single line
1.5 line spacing	CTRL+5	One and a half lines
Double line spacing	CTRL+2	Two lines
Free	None	Set customised spacing in millimetres
Top	None	Set the space above a paragraph in millimetres
Bottom	None	Set the space below a paragraph in millimetres

Paragraph alignment settings are also available on the Paragraph window, accessible via Format > Paragraph.