Changing the Properties of Mail Merge Fields

You can edit the properties of the Mail Merge field using Desktop Editor.

Click

(Select Fields) on the Details Window.

Move the mouse pointer to the Mail Merge field that you want to change the properties of on the Work Window, and click the field when the shape of the mouse pointer changes to

Or, drag the mouse pointer selection rectangle to include the desired Mail Merge field.

The properties of the selected Mail Merge field are displayed on the Details Window.

NOTE
Multiple Mail Merge fields can be selected by clicking them while holding down the [Ctrl] key on the keyboard. You can select multiple Mail Merge fields of the same type to configure the properties simultaneously. When selecting multiple fields of different types, only those properties that are shared between all of them can be edited. The detailed settings of a Mail Merge field can only be configured when only one Mail Merge field is selected.

NOTE

Multiple Mail Merge fields can be selected by clicking them while holding down the [Ctrl] key on the keyboard.

You can select multiple Mail Merge fields of the same type to configure the properties simultaneously.

When selecting multiple fields of different types, only those properties that are shared between all of them can be edited.

The detailed settings of a Mail Merge field can only be configured when only one Mail Merge field is selected.

Edit the properties.

For more information on how to configure properties, see the following according to the type of Mail Merge field.

Text Field Properties

Image Field Properties

Click on the Work Window outside the Mail Merge field you edited to deselect the Mail Merge field.

NOTE
If you selected multiple Mail Merge fields, the settings will be as follows. The settings that were changed are the same for all selected Mail Merge fields. The settings that were not changed stay the same as what they were. For information on other operations, see the following. Deleting: Deleting Mail Merge Fields Moving: Moving Mail Merge Fields Copying: Copying Mail Merge Fields Enlarging/reducing: Enlarging/Reducing the Size of Mail Merge Fields

NOTE

If you selected multiple Mail Merge fields, the settings will be as follows.

The settings that were changed are the same for all selected Mail Merge fields.

The settings that were not changed stay the same as what they were.

For information on other operations, see the following.

Deleting: Deleting Mail Merge Fields

Moving: Moving Mail Merge Fields

Copying: Copying Mail Merge Fields

Enlarging/reducing: Enlarging/Reducing the Size of Mail Merge Fields