Creating a Message

To create a message:

  1. Click the Compose New Message icon or select Compose > New Message from the menu bar. The New Message window is displayed.

  2. Type the name of the staff member who should receive this message in the To: field, and OrthoTrac Mail automatically fills in the name for you once you type enough characters for the software to recognize the name. To enter more than one recipient, separate the recipient names with a semi-colon.

OR

Click the To: field to display the Select Recipients window, which contains the names of all active staff members.

To select message recipients from the list, double-click the staff member name to move the name to the To -> box, or click once to select the name and then click To -> or Cc -> to move the name to the appropriate box in the Message recipients: area. To remove names from the Message recipients: area, double-click the name to be removed.

  1. Press Tab or click in the Subject: line and type the topic of the message. The subject appears at the top of the message window when the staff member views it. This field can be left blank. If blank, the subject reads as None in the Message panel. When the staff member views the message, View Message is displayed at the top of the message window.

  2. Type your message in the box underneath the header information.

  3. Right-clicking in this box accesses the menu of standard editing options (Undo, Cut, Copy, Paste, Delete, or Select All).

  1. When your message is complete, click Send to transfer the message to the selected recipients.

OR

Click Save to save the new message in the Drafts folder (it can be edited and/or sent later), or click Cancel to exit the window and discard the message without saving or sending it.

 

Related Topics

Message File Menu

Using Staff Mail

Setting Up Mail

Using the Staff Mail for User Name Window

Viewing a Message

Replying to a Message

Forwarding a Message