Editing a Mail merge file
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To edit an existing Mail merge IDF file in 
EscapeE:
| • | Open the IDF file and select Edit control file from the 'Edit' menu. You will be prompted to edit using the wizard: choose |
| o | Yes to reopen the Mail merge wizard – see below, or |
| o | No. The 'Source' page of the Console notebook will be displayed and may be edited there like any other IDF source code. |
Editing in Mail-merge wizard
| 1. | To edit the fields giving the position on the page, click Edit fields.... The file containing the letter/text for the page is opened in another EscapeE window. Edit its fields as appropriate then close the window to return to the wizard. |
| o | Click Reload: the wizard updates its field definitions. |
| 2. | To edit the file containing the letter/text for the page, click Edit letter.... A rich-text editor such as WordPad® is displayed. Open the appropriate letter file, then edit, save and close it as usual to return to the wizard. |
| 3. | Similarly, to create a new letter/text for a page, click New letter... to open the rich-text editor. Set up a new filename for the letter file, then edit, save, and close it, returning to the wizard. |
| 4. | To remove a page from the letter, select its tab and click Delete page. |
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