Address Panels

Address panel can be filled with address information either manually, or pulled from a contact manager - Address Book, MS Entourage, MS Excel, Now Contact, vCard, FileMaker or from a tab- or comma-delimited text file. Panel fields are assembled in regards to postal guidelines (distance between fields, text size, etc.). Fields' order depends on country, selected address template, fields filling in databases and changes automatically when a person is changed through Contacts Window.

Address Panel Creating and Deleting

There are four ways for adding an Address Panel:

1. Initially Address Panel with filled fields appears in new document after using Assistant. If you create a Shipping Label or an Envelope, you will get two panels: Sender and Recipient.
2. Another method of creating a panel is to click Address Panel button, which is located at the bottom part of the main window.
3. Third way is to drag a panel from Design Window, Address Templates tab, and place it on the Label/Envelope.
4. Finally, you can group text fields yourself (using Edit/Group menu). This method is used for creating panels with a particular address fields location, that are not provided in the program. Alternatively you can add any address panel and then change it to the one you need using Address Panel Format dialog.

Clicking on the Address Panel button adds a "To" (recipient) address panel. If you need to have an address panel for the return address, switch to "From" address panel.
To do this, select it to have visible its tag. Click on "To" on the tag and select "From" in the drop-menu.

Another way to switch between sender and recipient panel: select an address panel, open in the menu "Format/Refers To" and select Sender or Recipient.

To fill an address panel with address:

1. Click somewhere inside the address panel to select it.
2. Click on the Contacts toolbar button to bring up the Contacts Window and choose a person from there.
3. Alternatively, you can type the address manually - click on a field inside the address panel and type the address info there. Use Return to insert a line break, and Enter - to finish editing.

If you have an address as a simple text block (in the e-mail body for instance) - you can copy it to clipboard and paste using menu Edit/Paste As Address. The new address fills the selected panel (or creates the new one).

Address panel, as any other object can be deleted by Delete button. Address panel can also be broken into separate fields with Edit/Ungroup menu.

Address Panel Properties

Address panel can reflect Recipient ("To" panel) or Sender ("From" panel) data. The only difference is that the postal limitations on address creation are not applied to Sender Panel and no barcode can be added.
Data to fill Sender is taken from the internal Sender Database - active record is shown in Contacts Window, tab From.
Data to fill Recipient is taken from one of external sources(e.g. Apple Address Book) or internal Print List.

Each address panel is built according to a particular pattern that takes account of field order. Viewing and editing an address template can be done by clicking on template tab (to the right from To/From tab above the address panel). Template purpose can be identified by its name. For example, "Company+Attention" template places Attn in front of person's name, the template "Family" - creates address heading "The ... Family"
If you'd like to make a special template, use Format/Customize Address Template menu to call Address Panel Format Dialog.

Many address panel properties can be altered in Inspector Window. To open it, click the Inspector toolbar button, or use Show Inspector command from Window menu.

• Some of the address fields (e.g. country field) can be switched on/off from drop down list of "Address Fields".
• As a person's record may have more than one address location (for instance, "work" and "home"), you are given an option to choose which one to use from the "Preferred Address" drop-down list.
• To edit hidden fields (if not filled in the source) click "Show Blank Fields" button. You can enter any text instead of grey fields. Grey fields will not be printed if unchanged.
• To have the address written in capitals, click the Capitalize button.
• If a panel is designed for Recipient, you can turn on Barcode and set its location.
• The size of the address panel is determined by the size of the text inside it. When you increase or decrease the font size, the address panel is resized accordingly. Use the Size slider to change the size of the address panel.

Also you may change the formation of an address in the address panel so that it confirms to various country standards. Choose the needed country in the Country list in the Format menu. The fields in the address panel will be formatted according to that country's postal standards. Apart from preset country formats you can choose a custom format, which can be set in the Address Panel Format Dialog.

You can change various font attributes of the text inside the address panel. For more information about it, see "Working With Text".

The default program settings connected with address panels can be found on the Address Panel tab of the Preferences dialog.

One of them is "Set street field in a line". It enables automatic convertion multi-line street addresses to a single line. This option can be helpful for Merge Printing and when addresses from your external contact data source contain an unneccessary blank line at the end of street address.