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The Address Panel Format Dialog

Different countries use different templates for writing the address. The way the address looks in Mail Factory is determined by the arrangement of the fields in the Address Panel. By default, Mail Factory automatically formats the address correctly, depending on the country. However, you may want to use custom address formatting in some cases - for instance, when designing an envelope it's sometimes convenient to have the return address in one line.

The Address Panel Format dialog allows you to edit and save custom address panel templates.

  1. To call the dialog, choose Customize Address Panel... from the Format menu.
  2. To apply a template to the selected address panel, choose the template in the list and click Apply.
  3. To create a new template, click the Add button.
  4. The edit window will open. Enter a name for the new template. Drag the fields from the left part of the window onto the grid and arrange them how you want the fields to be placed in the address panel. To delete a field, drag it to the Trash can at the bottom-right corner of the window. Click OK.

Preferences Dialog

When you change the address template by using the Address Template list from the Format menu (or the context menu), your custom templates are located at the bottom of the list below the prepared templates.

Group and Ungroup Commands

To extend flexibility in working with custom
Address Panels, special features were added to the program: Group and Ungroup commands.

Group creates a Custom Template Address Panel from separate Text Fields.
Ungroup transforms the selected address panel to separate text fields.

To create a custom panel, drag fields from Design window and drop on the label or envelope. You can use any combination of fields. Arrange them as you want. When it is ready, select these fields and click Group in Edit menu to create an address panel from them.

It is possible to create custom address panels based on one of predefined panel template.
For example, you want to add e-mail to "Name+Title+Comp." panel.
Select the panel. In the context menu select Ungroup. Drag and drop "Email" field from the Design window. Select all fields which you are going to add to the new address panel. Select Group command in the context menu. The new custom address panel will appear.