By Barbrara Betsch

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The old saying that time is money has never rung truer than in today's economy. Saving time saves money, so we designed AVImark veterinary software to promote efficiency by use of strategic shortcuts and streamlined processes. Here are some shortcuts that will help you use AVImark to its fullest capacity while saving time and money in the process:

Shortcut #1: Inserting glossary text in a notes window. Instead of using your mouse to insert the text of a glossary entry into a notes window in AVImark, simply type in the code of that glossary entry and then hit your shift key and your space bar. This will replace the glossary code with the glossary notes for that entry in the notes window.

Shortcut #2: Adding medical history entries to more than one patient. To add medical history entries to multiple patients that belong to one client, simply left-click on one patient's name and hit the F7 key (Function 7). Use your mouse to left-click and your Ctrl key to select or highlight all the patient names for which you wish to add medical history entries. Then right-click on one of the highlighted names and select the options to add: treatments, inventory and diagnoses.

Shortcut #3: Toggle between an open medical condition record and the CID. Open a medical condition record, use the ALT+M key combination to toggle between the medical condition record and the CID.

Shortcut #4: Posting medical history to accounting. To quickly post medical history to accounting from the Client area, Patient area, or Medical History, simply hit the F8 key (Function 8).

Shortcut #5: Hiding the amount column in medical history. To toggle between seeing and hiding the amount column in medical history, use the Ctrl and the P key. This function is computer-specific.

Barbara Betsch is an AVImark senior technician at MSS and loves to save time! You can reach Barbara at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it