Text Macro dialog

This dialog lets you insert Text macro into your message, or change an existing Text macro. When you send the message, the Text macro will be replaced with the contents of the corresponding Data Field.

Field Select the Data Field to be inserted into your message.

How to format? Many data types such as dates, or currencies need to be formatted. For example, the same date may be represented as 03/07/67 or March 7, 1967, or even just 1967. Select the format that you need, or add a new format with the Add button. The Default Format is the format that you have specified for the data field on the Recipients tab.

Add button lets you add new formats to the format list.

Remove button removes the selected format from the list. Use this button with caution because it may alter the formatting for other macros on the same message.

What to do if the field is unknown? If the recipient does not have any information in the data field, AY Mail will insert the text that you specify. You have two options:

Insert the default text The default text will be used. You can specify the default text for the field by clicking on the Recipients tab, and then selecting Recipients->Data Fields from the main menu.

Insert the following text This option lets you specify your own text which may be more appropriate than the default.