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Mail Merge with Papyrus
the file NN_NAME.NAM is a suggested Papyrus name file to use with a
NameNet generated merge file.
Papyrus can conveniently be set to
"One field per line.
Exactly 17___ fields per record."
or
User defined format
Field separator CR LF
Data separator ~ CR LF
Quote character '"'
If the name file is pointed towards NN_NAME.NAM then the fields used in
the papyrus document can be identified using the names:
name
first name
title
initials
addr1
addr2
addr3
addr4
addr5
addr6
addr7
postcode
family
serial number
preferred name
misc
record separator
From version 4.200, the output to merge file set up dialogue has
additional buttons labelled NAME SPACES, PREF NAME and ADD NAME
While Calligrapher has conditional merging, Papyrus does not. This means
that formatting spaces where the title and/or initials are going to be
used becomes problematic. To overcome this NameNet will, if the ADD NAME
SPACES button is selected, add a trailing space to the title and first
name and a leading space to the initials provided the relevant field is
not empty.
The PERSONAL NAME button causes the preferred name field to be filled on a
conditional basis so that:
if the field is not blank then there is no change
If the field is blank then
if there is a title this will be copied to here
if there is no title but there is text in the first name
fields then this will be copied here
if the ADD NAME button is selected then the NAME filed is added, separated
by a space.
this means that a salutation set up as:
Dear <preferred name>
can reproduce as:
Original
Resulting text Title 1st Name Name Pref Name
-------------- ----- ------- ---- ---------
Dear Mr Miller Mr Miller
Dear Derek Derek Miller
Dear Mr Miller Mr Derek Miller
Dear Dusty Derek Miller Dusty
Dear Mr Miller Mr Derek Miller Dusty