Envelope Printing Patient Envelopes Letter Manager

Envelope Printing – Patient Envelopes - Letter Manager

Summary:

These instructions detail setting up a Patient Envelope in Letter Manager where ABELDent has been setup to integrate with Microsoft Word.
These instructions are designed specifically for Microsoft Word versions 2002 or 2003.


Steps:

1. ​​Open ABELDent
2. Click on File, then Open Letter Manager
3. Click on File, then New
4. The New Letter window opens
5. In the Name field enter ENVELOPEpatient
6. In the Description field enter Envelope for Patient
7. Click OK
8. A blank Microsoft Word template opens called ENVELOPEpatient.rtf
9. Click on File then Page Setup
10. The Page Setup window displays
11. Select the Margins tab
12. Set the Margins for Top, Bottom, Left and Right to 0.25"
13. Select Landscape Orientation
14. Select the Paper tab
15. At Paper Size, select Envelope #10 from the drop down list
16. Click OK
17. The Microsoft Word template now presents an envelope format
18. Set the desired Font style and Font size from the formatting toolbar
19. Type the office name and address in the upper left corner if required
20. Enter the following merge keywords for patient name and address, exactly as shown, into the appropriate area on the envelope:

{FULLNAME}
{PATADDRLINE1}
{PATADDRLINE2}
{PATADDRLINE3}

21. Click File then Save
22. Click File then Exit 
23. To print a Patient envelope:
24.  From the patients file, click the Merge button
25. Select the file ENVELOPEpatient.rtf
26. Click the yellow Merge with Patient icon
27. Click File then Print

Product (s): ABELDent
Category: Letter Manager
Classification: Public
Date Created: 12 February 2000
Created by: RC