Jon,
I would go paragraph by paragraph, but when you are rested, can you be more specific. I am confused by the note writer vs letter writer and how they work together or don't.
As a specialist, when I finish a note, I want to send a copy to the referring doctor. After signing off, a box opens automatically to facilitate this. I am calling this the "note printer". (In fact, the interface, the box, is the same as for the letter writer, but since the letter writer's product is so poor, I rarely compose a letter with it.) The note I just did is selected by default, so I just pick the format, such as SOAP note, and header (which rarely if ever changes) and select a printer. The note is now printed (or usually faxed).
This "note printer" gives me a few more options than the standard print box in Word.
If I want to send a letter, perhaps to the referring doc or to an insurance company, I use the letter writer. The dialog box is the same one I just described; but the LW only uses the bottom right 1/4 of that box.
I have always thought it a bit odd that these two functions were housed in the same dialog box. I suppose in a way it makes sense, but they need not be.
Hopefully that made it clearer, and right now you are saying, "Oh, is that all he meant?"
Let me know if the rest of the post needs clarification.
