At 3:33 PM -0500 10/24/00, Amy Sundberg wrote:
>When a household label record is for example:
>
>Bill and Louise Klas
>123 Oak Street
>St. Paul, MN
>
>I would like to change the household salutation line to be
>"Bill and Louise"
>rather than
>"Bill and Louise Klas"
If you're willing to have both full names on the label, i.e.,
Bill Klas
Louise Klas
123....
The salutation line will read Bill & Louise, as you request.
>How can I do this? I have gone looked at File/Define Fields, but it looks
>quite complicated and I don't want to screw anything up. I am trying to
>print thank you letters from the gift file, and am having a hard time
>getting the letter to read: Dear Louise and Bill. Also, what if I want it to
>read Dear Mr. and Mrs. Klas? How do I do that? Is there any way to edit the
>household salutation line?
The salutation is complicated, since as you note, you often want to
individualize it. You can't just set up a calculation to take the
first three words (name and name) for example, since some people use
two names (Marth Lou) or have hyphenated last names. Easiest way is
to add a field for a manually entered salutation, and change the
calculated one to be,
If(there is a value in the manual field, use the manual field,
otherwise use the existing calculation)
--
Dave Shaw Northwest Classics, Inc
tel: 206-954-7526 fax: 206-625-1338
