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 personalised salutation

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

Female

Select the personalised greeting for a female recipient.

New

Opens the Custom Salutation (Female recipient) dialogue box.

Male

Select the personalised greeting for a male recipient.

New

Opens the Custom Salutation (Male recipient) dialogue box.

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 personalised salutation.

Preview

Displays a preview of the salutation.

Match fields

Opens the Match Fields dialogue box.

(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.