1/ Click once on a suitable time on the appointment screen.

2/ Type the name of the patient in the format (lastname, firstname) or just a few letters of each of the last name and first name separated by a comma - then hit the enter key.

Hit "Esc" to abort this process.

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If a matching patient is found in the database, then a list of patients opens on the search form.

Select a patient by :-

1/ double click the selected patient
2/ clicking once on the selected patient and hit enter.
3/ scroll with the down arrow key onto the selected patient and hit enter . 

 
The appointment will be created for the patient on the appointment screen.

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If the search does not match any patient in the database, then the system will prompt you to either go ahead and register this patient name as a new patient or create the appointment with a temporary patient name (a patient who is not registered in the system).

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