Security role required: Settings- Firm Settings

Add an e-mail template

  1. Click Settings > Firm Settings > E-mail Templates.
  2. Click Add E-mail Template.
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  1. Type your template name.
  2. Choose the category this template applies to.
  3. Type the e-mail subject text.
  4. Select how you want to send your e-mail (HTML or Plain Text).
  5. Type and format the e-mail content message, and insert merge fields as required using the buttons at the bottom of the screen.
    You must insert an Invoice Link, (whichever is applicable)from Merge Fields. Otherwise, the client will not be able to view the document. For example, {invoice link: View Your Invoice}.
  6. Click Save.
     
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Edit an e-mail template

Click the template you want to edit.

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Use merge fields in an e-mail template

Merge fields are placeholders for information extracted from the Contacts record, such as the client's mailing address and invoice details. Merge fields are also used to insert links to PDF documents in the e-mail, such as an invoice, statement or credit note.

When you have an e-mail template open:

  1. Insert the cursor in the desired location in the template editing area.
  2. Click a merge field button at the bottom of the screen - it appears in the template editing area in the format: {field_name}.

Tip! You can edit URL links within a merge field by editing the text following the colon. For example, you can edit the text View Your Credit Note in the merge field: {credit note link: View Your Credit Note}.

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