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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
Letters are created and edited with the Letter Writer.
Bullets and Numbering

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.
- 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
    Letters are created and edited with the Letter Writer.
    - Auto Text
      Use Auto Text to quickly insert bodies of text into a letter using a single keyword or phrase.
    - 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
      Templates are used to create letters that already have some standard details set up, such as your practice's address and contact details. By configuring templates, you can reduce the time needed to write individual letters.
    - 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.
- 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

Bullets and Numbering

Before you begin

Format > Bullets and Numbering (via Letter Writer)

Bullets and Numbers are used when creating lists of items or sequences of steps, respectively. Paragraphs that contain bullets or numbered lists are formatted using a hanging indent, with the bullet or number set in the indent. Each bulleted or numbered entry is considered a single paragraph, and as with other paragraphs, pressing the ENTER key starts a new paragraph with either a new bullet or the next number in the sequence. Also, bullets and numbered lists are interchangeable.

To apply or remove bullets or numbers using existing paragraphs:

Procedure

Select the paragraphs to which you want to apply/remove bullets or numbers.
Click either,
- The Bullet button
- The Number button on the Formatting toolbar.
To customise bullets or numbering, select Format > Bullets and Numbering. The Bullets and Numbering window appears.
Select from the Bulleted/Numbered section either;
- None, for no formatting,
- Bullets, to reveal formatting settings for bullets, or
- Numbers, to reveal formatting settings for numbered lists.
Select formatting for either the bullets or numbered list you wish to create.
Select general formatting (which is applied to both bullets and numbered lists) using the Formatting section;
- Bullet/Number position: Set the distance between the bullet or number and the margin.
- Text Position: Set the distance between the bullet or number and the paragraph.
- Separating Character: Select from a list of characters that separate the bullet/number and the paragraph.
- Level: Create multi-level numbering or bullets.
Click OK to apply your settings to the selected text.

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