You can set up customized Templates to send to customers in this section. Please note that there is a character limit of 160 per text message. If your message is longer than this then it will send in two or more messages. You can keep track of how many characters you have used by the character counter on the text message template

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From the patients PMR, click on "send SMS"

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The "send Ad Hock SMS" window will open

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Double click on the "SMS Template" dropdown

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The "Maintain SMS Messages" window will open

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To create a new SMS Template press the Insert Button

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This screen will now appear and you can create a custom SMS

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You can now add information for the base of your template from the side bar options

I would recommend as in this example( to select the information double click on the relevant line twice to add to template)

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Type the general message that you want to send when selecting this Template

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Press save button to save template details 424ED44A-6BCE-4DDD-81E8-5CAD419181CF

Name your template in the next window

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Press Close button when finished setting up template 13F9F721-BA1C-485A-8919-6691C562CCD2

The template will now show in the list for selection

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