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Personalize Salutation Postcard
 

Automatically personalize every card or invitation that you send by following these 3 easy steps.

  Create your address list following these suggestions:
 

Decide how formal or informal you want your invitations to read.

Example: If you are creating your list directly on the Astonishingcards.com website or in MicroSoft Excel, your address book records will look like this. We will use Steve and Sally Smith as one example along with John & Jane Doe

Informal for a single guest

First Name Last Name Address City State Zip Code
Sally Smith 123 Main Street Any town SC 12345
Jane Doe 789 1 st Ave Great City SC 67890
 
 
  Once you have uploaded or typed in your addresses, you will choose from the following options in the drop down menus.
Salutation: None
  Dear (Select the Dear option)
  Hello
  Hi
Name None
  First Name (Select the First Name option)
  First Name Last Name
 

By making the selections in red above, your Personalized Salutation will automatically address each and everyone of your invitations or cards like this:

Dear Sally

Dear Jane

 

Informal Couples Invitation or Card

If you wanted to invite both husband and wife (or significant others), you would set up your database like this:

First Name Last Name Address City State Zip Code
Sally & Steve Smith 123 Main Street Any town SC 12345
Jane & John Doe 789 1 st Ave Great City SC 67890
 
 
Salutation: None
  Dear (Select the Dear option)
  Hello
  Hi
Name None
  First Name (Select the First Name option)
  First Name Last Name
 

The cards would then read:

Dear Sally & Steve

Dear Jane & John

 

Formal Couples Invitation or Card

Use the First Name column to put in the titles such as: Mr. & Mrs., or, Dr. & Mrs., or, Mr. & Ms.

First Name Last Name Address City State Zip Code
Mr. & Mrs. Steve Smith 123 Main Street Any town SC 12345
Mr. & Ms. John Doe 789 1 st Ave Great City SC 67890
 
 
Salutation: None
  Dear
  Hello
  Hi
Name None
  First Name
  First Name Last Name
 

By making the selections in red above, your Personalized Salutation will automatically address each and every one of your invitations or cards like this:

Mr. & Mrs. Steve Smith

Mr. & Ms. John Doe

 
  Click the Preview Button to see exactly how the salutation will be printed on the card or invitation that you have designed.
 

By being creative with how you structure your mailing list, you can create custom salutations in a variety of ways to be very formal or very informal to best suit your event.