# Manual

## Advertising - Select Patients

Use the filters and settings to create a list of patients to send Postcards.

In [Upload Postcard Recipients](/content/manual/postcardsupload.html), click **Select Patients**.

Patients without an address are automatically filtered out of the list.

## User Query

- **User Query**: When checked, the window displays a Query box instead of filters. Enter the query, then click **Refresh** to see results.
  - User must have the _User Query_ permission.
  - Queries must include a Select statement and include any table with a PatNum column.
  - The PatNum column cannot have an alias.
  - SET statements cannot be used and cause an error.
- **Favorites**: Click to select a query from [Query Favorites](/content/manual/queryfavorites.html).

## Filters

- **Clinic**: Filter by patients assigned to the selected clinic. Select _All_ to show all patients.
- **Patient Age**: Enter the age range. The default is 1 to 110.
- **Hide patients with future appointments**: Check to exclude patients who have a scheduled appointment.
- **Exclude patients not seen since**: Check to exclude patients who have not been seen since the entered date.
- **Exclude patients seen since**: Check to exclude patients who have been seen since the entered date.

## Filters (continued)

- **Preferred Contact Method**: Filter by preferred contact method as set in the [Edit Patient Information](/content/manual/patientedit.html) window.
  - Any: Patient has any method set as preferred contact method.
  - Email: Patient has email set as preferred contact method.
  - None: Patient does not have a preferred contact method set.
- **Patient Status**: Filter by patient status. Options include:
  - Patient
  - Non-patient
  - Inactive
  - Archived
  - Prospective
- **Patient Billing Type**: Filter by [Billing Type](/content/manual/definitionsbillingtypes.html).

## Available Patients

The list of patients matching the filter criteria show. Select which patients should receive the communication.

- **Set All**: Mark all patients to send to.
- **Set Selected**: Set only the selected patients to send to.
- **Clear Selected**: Clear the Send list.
- **Clear All**: Clear all selected patients.
- **OK**: Click to continue to Postcards.