On the General Options tab of the Preferences dialog box, you can set up preferences for Appointment Book, Quick Letters, Treatment Planner, patient alerts, Patient Chart, clinical notes, and Ledger.
To set up general preferences
Set up the following options:
Find Appointment Time Defaults – The defaults for the Find Appointment Time button in Appointment Book:
Block Size - From the list, select the default minimum scheduling time unit in minutes.
Appt Length - To select the default appointment length do the following:
Click the search button 
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The Appointment Time Pattern dialog box appears.
Do any of the following:
Drag the slider left or right to decrease or increase the time.
Click the left arrow button to decrease the time one scheduling time unit at a time (the length is determined by the specified Block Size).
Click the right arrow button to increase the time one scheduling time unit at a time (the length is determined by the specified Block Size).
Click between the slider and the left arrow to decrease the time 30 minutes at a time.
Click between the slider and the right arrow to increase the time 30 minutes at a time.
Click OK.
By View/By Clinic - To specify the default search filter, either select the By View option to perform searches by the Appointment Book view that is being used, or select the By Clinic option to perform searches by the clinic that is logged in to. You can change the filter when you are performing a search.
All Operatories Selected - To search all operatories by default, select this checkbox.
Sort by Operatory ID - To sort the search results by operatory ID, select this checkbox..
Quick Letters – Either select the Include Today's Date or Exclude Today's Date option to include or exclude the date in merged Quick Letters.
Enable Spell Check – With this check box selected, spell check can be handled in various ways:
With the Enable Spell Check checkbox selected (whether or not one of the other two checkboxes is selected), a Check Spelling button will be available for all notes throughout Dentrix Enterprise. You can click the button to manually run the spell check.
With the Enable Spell Check checkbox selected and one of the other checkboxes selected, misspelled text will be highlighted as you type for notes in Treatment Planner and for clinical notes.
Note: Dynamic spell checking is available only for Treatment Planner and clinical notes. Everywhere else in Dentrix Enterprise, you must run the spell check manually.
To allow dynamic spell checking, clear the check box of the option that you do not want to use, and then select the check box of the option that you do want to use. You can have one of the following two checkboxes selected:
Mark All Misspelled Text – If you want misspelled text to be red and underlined the first time you enter the text and every time you go back to view the note after that.
Mark Misspelled New Text – If you want misspelled text to be red and underlined the first time you enter the text but not when you go back and view the note after that.
Perio Beep on Entry – To have Dentrix Enterprise beep after every pocket depth entry in Perio Chart, select this checkbox. To not allow beeps, clear this checkbox.
Note: To hear the beeps, speakers must be properly connected to the computer.
Suspend Patient Alerts – To suppress all patient alerts on this computer, select this checkbox. To allow patient alerts, clear this checkbox.
Suspend Treatment Area Flags – To suppress being prompted to enter treatment area flags for procedures on this computer. To allow being prompted to enter treatment flags, clear this checkbox.
Auto-Insert Name/Date (Clinical Note) – To have the date, time, and ID of the logged-in user be inserted automatically as the first line when you add a new clinical note. To not have a dateline inserted automatically, clear this checkbox.
Show Close Message for Tx Planner - With this checkbox selected, each time you attempt to close Treatment Planner, a message appears and informs you that if you minimize the module, it opens more quickly the next time you access it. If you want to prevent this message from appearing, clear this checkbox.
Show Close Message for Doc Center - With this checkbox selected, each time you attempt to close Document Center, a message appears and informs you that if you minimize the module, it opens more quickly the next time you access it. If you want to prevent this message from appearing, clear this checkbox.
'Apply to Charges for' Default – To specify whose charges will be listed by default when a payment or credit adjustment is being posted, either select the Family option to view charges for the entire family of the selected patient in Ledger, or select the Ledger View option to view charges for the selected patient in Ledger.
Click OK.