Mail Merge Wizard - Create salutation

Specify the properties for the salutation. If the mail merge database contains gender information, you can specify different salutations based on the gender of the recipient.

This document should contain a salutation

Adds a salutation.

Insert personalized salutation

Adds a personalized salutation to the mail merge document. To use the default salutation, clear this check box.

Female

Select the personalized greeting for a female recipient.

New

Opens the Custom Salutation (Female recipient) dialog.

Male

Select the personalized greeting for a male recipient.

New

Opens the Custom Salutation (Male recipient) dialog.

Field name

Select the field name of the address database field that contains the gender information.

Field value

Select the field value that indicates the gender of the recipient.

General salutation

Select the default salutation that is used when you do not specify a personalized salutation.

Preview

Displays a preview of the salutation.

Match fields

Opens the Match Fields dialog.

(Browse buttons)

Use the browse buttons to preview the information from the previous or next data record.

Next step: Mail Merge Wizard - Adjust layout

Alternatively you can press the Finish button and use the Mail Merge Toolbar to finish the mail merge process.