General Tab

The general appearance and functioning of the GP Communicator interface is set from the General tab:

  1. From GP Communicator , select Tools - Options

  2. The General tab displays :

  3. Standard defaults are set up on installation and it is unlikely that these need to be changed:

    • Show Administrative Reports - Tick to ensure all administrative reports are visible. If this option is unticked, only those administrative reports in error are visible.
    • Show full header on clinical mail - Tick to view the full message details (interchange number etc) in the bottom right-hand pane. If unticked, only the reference and addressee are shown. Selecting the blue arrow next to the header toggles the view on individual messages between full and short headers.
    • Use Delivery Notes - No longer used, leave unticked.
    • Show Audit Trail as latest first/earliest first - By default Latest is selected, resulting in the audit trail on individual messages shows in descending order. Selecting the green arrow next to the audit trail reverses this order.
    • Poll mail folders every [n] minutes (1-60) - Please leave at the default of 60 minutes unless advised by Helpline.
    • Move pending messages to Attention after [n] days [1-30] - We recommend a default of 5 days.
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