Using Date Merge Fields in documents

To use Date Merge Fields in documents

There are many date merge fields in EXACT such the current date, patient next appointment date, patient dentist recall date, etc.

Each date field can have ‘options’ applied to it to give you the desired formatting in your letters or emails.

Below are the possible date options:

You can use more than one date option in your letter to give you the desired result as shown below:

[general.date:OPT=DAYONLY,FULL] [general.date:OPT=MONTHONLY,FULL] [general.date:OPT=YEARONLY,FULL]

Note that if you are using Presentation Manager, the options above are not valid. You will instead be given the choice of some standard date format options, which you can customise as required in Word.

This will display as (e.g.) 29th July 2012