As the office manager for a home care service, you’re responsible for helping the owner communicate with current and prospective patients. Follow the steps below to create a letter to patients telling them about the new staff nutritionist.
- Start Word and select Blank document. A new document is displayed. If the marker isn’t displayed, on the Home tab, in the Paragraph group.
- Start typing today’s date. Before you finish, Word displays the full date. This is the AutoComplete feature. Press Enter to accept the full date. Press Enter again. Note how there’s extra space between the paragraphs. For this letter, you’ll keep the spacing.
- Continue typing the letter as below, pressing Enter at the end of a paragraph only.
October 1, 2020
Dear Patient,
Healthy Home Care, Inc. is excited to announce the newest member of our team, Anna Fernández. Ms. Fernández is a Certified Nutrition Specialist who will be creating diet recommendations based on your health account. A customized plan will be presented to you before the end of the year.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns. So that we can best serve you, it is important that we have your most up-to-date medical account with any food allergies and sensitivities.
Sincerely,
Malik Wyatt
- Delete the "a" in Fernandez.
- On the Insert tab, select Symbol to insert "á" in Ms. Fernández’s name. (You may have to choose More Symbols to insert the character.)
- Change Fernandez to Fernández in the second sentence.
- On the Quick Access Toolbar, choose Save. Select Choose a Location and then navigate to the appropriate location for the file.
- In the File name box, type "Nutritionist Letter."
- In the Save as type box, select Word Document (*.docx) if it isn’t already selected. Select Save. The document is saved in the selected location with the name Nutritionist Letter.
- The owner reviews the letter and wants some edits. Right-click "personal" and change it to an appropriate synonym. Use any of the methods you read about in this tutorial.
