To add to Anne's response, you add "merge fields" directly in-line to
the text of a letter by selecting the "Merge Field" menu item (on the
Insert menu in FMP version 5). You get the list of fields Anne
describes, but the field drops into the text at the location of the
cursor, rather than onto the layout as a standard field.
At 1:31 PM -0800 12/12/00, Bicycle Alliance of WA wrote:
>You can add your own fields (such as a donation amount
>for a thank you) by clicking and dragging on the box marked "fields" on the
>left hand side of the layout. This will bring up a pop-up menu from which
>you can select the fields and where they come from (Names, Payments, etc.)
>Wherever you created your new fields, that's where you'll need to look to
>add them to the layout.
>Hope this helps. Play around with the layouts, and look at your ebase
>manual. I also frequently scroll back and forth between "Layout" and
>"Preview" modes to get a good idea of how the changes I've created will
>print.
>The more familiar you get with ebase and filemaker the more you can do.
>
>Good luck.
>
>Anne
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Stephen Bobb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
><'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'>
>Date: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 11:39 AM
>Subject: [NEWBIES] customizing merge fields
>
>
>>We have created a lot of new fields in ebase, and I am having trouble
>>putting our customized fields into merge letters or emails. The email
>>and letter wizard only offers some standard ebase fields, and when I
>>type in a custom field surrounded by << >>, it doesn't recognize the
>>field in the letter/email. Can anyone who has done this share a
>>solution?
>>
>>______________________________
>>Stephen Bobb
>>Program Associate
>>Leadership for a Changing World
>>ADVOCACY INSTITUTE
>>1629 K St., NW #200
>>Washington, DC 20006
>>tel: (202) 777-7563
>>fax: (202) 777-7577
>>email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>web: http://www.advocacy.org
>>web: http://www.leadershipforchange.org
>>
>>
>>
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