Creating Contact Groups

Create contact groups so that messages can be sent to multiple recipients in Messenger.

Before you begin

Messenger is a text-based utility that allows you to communicate instantly with other users on your network. Typically messages are designed to be sent to a single recipient. However, you can also send messages to multiple recipients, simultaneously. This is achieved by first creating a group of recipients, and adding members to that group. Later, you can address new messages to the group.

Procedure

  1. Locate and double-click the MedicalDirector Maintenance icon

    on your desktop. The MedicalDirector Maintenance window appears.
  2. Select the Database Tasks > Common menu item.
  3. Double-click

    (Optional) If this is the first time you have tried to access Messenger during this session of working in MedicalDirector Maintenance, you will be prompted to select a Configuration, and enter your Username and Password.
  4. Messenger activates.
    • To prevent the display of the Messenger window again, enable the Do not show this window again? check box.
    • When not in use Messenger can be reactivated by double-clicking

      in your Windows Taskbar.
  5. Click OK to continue.
  6. Messenger appears.
  7. Click Contact Groups. The Contact Groups Setup window appears. The first time you access this window, it will not contain any recipient groups, as indicated in the following image.
  8. To create a new group, click

    The Add/Edit Group window appears.
  9. Enter a name for the group.
  10. Indicate whether or not this is a private group. Private groups are only accessible to the creator of the group. Public groups are available to all users.
  11. Add recipients to the group by ticking the check box associated with them. Note that you can search for recipients by typing their name into the Search text box. In the example above, two users have been selected to become members of this recipient group.
  12. Click

    to save the group. You will be returned to the Contact Groups Setup window, where your new recipient group now appears.

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