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<Session ID="/baanerp/td/smi/tdsmi2410m000" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title>Mail Merge by Standard Letter (tdsmi2410m000)</Title>
   </Header>
   <HelpTopic>
      <AimSection>
         <Paragraph>Use this session to add business partners
		  (prospects or customers), opportunities, contacts, or activities to a standard <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#Letters_td" role="glossary">letter</Link> for mass mailing.</Paragraph>
         <Paragraph>The mail merge functionality enables you to print a generic
		  letter with specific business object information merged in.</Paragraph>
      </AimSection>
      <GeneralSection>
         <Note>
            <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
            <Paragraph>You must select a list of adresses for a mail merge from the LN database mail merge.</Paragraph>
         </Note>
      </GeneralSection>
      <RelatedTopics>
         <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
         <RelTopic>
            <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000422" role="manual">
               <GUIRef href="/baanerp/crm" role="package">CRM</GUIRef> – overview</Link>
         </RelTopic>
      </RelatedTopics>
   </HelpTopic>
   <Fields>
      <FieldHelp ID="object">
         <Header>
            <Title>Business Object</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The business object (business partners, opportunities,
		  contacts, or activities) to which the mail merge applies.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="active.contacts">
         <Header>
            <Title>Active Contacts Only</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>If this check box is selected, the mail merge only
		  applies to contacts who are active.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="open.activities">
         <Header>
            <Title>Open Activities Only</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>If this check box is selected, the mail merge only
		  applies to <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#ActiviSMI_td" role="glossary">activities</Link> that are still open.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="use.selection">
         <Header>
            <Title>Advanced Selection</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>If this check box is selected, you can enter a <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#000405" role="glossary">selection code</Link> to select data from the database or from part of it (if you specify
		  a restricted range in the database).</FuncDesc>
         <RelatedTopics>
            <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
            <RelTopic>
               <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000432#selection_expression_variable"
                     role="manual"
                     Update="No">Predefined variable for selection expressions</Link>
            </RelTopic>
         </RelatedTopics>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="adv.selection">
         <Header>
            <Title>Selection</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>A predefined set of data that must be printed or processed.
		Such a set is defined by a selection expression (or a selection criterion). You
		can define an expression in the Text Manager, which is used to retrieve data
		from the database for maintenance/printing.</FuncDesc>
         <RelatedTopics>
            <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
            <RelTopic>
               <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000432#selection_expression_variable"
                     role="manual"
                     Update="No">Predefined variable for selection expressions</Link>
            </RelTopic>
         </RelatedTopics>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="log.activity">
         <Header>
            <Title>Log Mailing as Activity</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>If this check box is selected, the mail merge is logged
		  as an <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#ActiviSMI_td" role="glossary">activity</Link> in the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom6100m000" role="session">Activities (tccom6100m000)</Link> and <Link href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom6600m400" role="session">Mailing (tccom6600m400)</Link> sessions.</FuncDesc>
         <Note>
            <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
            <Paragraph>The logged activity is a <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#000406" role="glossary">mailing</Link> and has the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/domains/smi.acst#completed" role="option">Completed</GUIRef> status.</Paragraph>
         </Note>
         <RelatedTopics>
            <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
            <RelTopic>
               <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000432#selection_expression_variable"
                     role="manual"
                     Update="No">Predefined variable for selection expressions</Link>
            </RelTopic>
         </RelatedTopics>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="activity.template">
         <Header>
            <Title>Activity Template</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#000404" role="glossary">activity template</Link> based on which <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#000406" role="glossary">mailings</Link> are generated in the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom6100m000" role="session">Activities (tccom6100m000)</Link> and <Link href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom6600m400" role="session">Mailing (tccom6600m400)</Link> sessions.</FuncDesc>
         <Note>
            <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
            <Paragraph>You can use the activity template for selection purposes
			 later on and execute a follow-up.</Paragraph>
         </Note>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="letter">
         <Header>
            <Title>Letter</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The general memoranda mailed to relations and contacts (whether
		within the framework of an opportunity or not) that can be printed and composed
		by using variables.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="sim.or.update">
         <Header>
            <Title>Update Mode</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>Define the update mode.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <List>
               <ListItemHead>
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/smup#simulate" role="option">Simulate</GUIRef>
               </ListItemHead>
               <ListItem>If this check box is selected, the mail merge is only
				simulated, not processed.</ListItem>
               <ListItemHead>
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/smup#update" role="option">Update</GUIRef>
               </ListItemHead>
               <ListItem>If this check box is selected, the mail merge is
				processed.</ListItem>
            </List>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="report.yn">
         <Header>
            <Title>Report</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>If this check box is selected, a report is printed that
		  displays the results of the mail merge.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="select.text.yn">
         <Header>
            <Title>Selection Text</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>If this check box is selected, a selection text is
		  printed (if present) on the report.</FuncDesc>
         <RelatedTopics>
            <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
            <RelTopic>
               <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000430" role="manual">
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/crm" role="package">CRM</GUIRef> – Text Editor</Link>
            </RelTopic>
            <RelTopic>
               <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000433" role="manual">
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/crm" role="package">CRM</GUIRef> – examples of selection expressions</Link>
            </RelTopic>
         </RelatedTopics>
      </FieldHelp>
   </Fields>
</Session>