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Automatically personalize every card or invitation that you send by following these 3 easy steps. |
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Create your address list following these suggestions: |
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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 |
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Once you have uploaded or typed in your addresses, you will choose from the following options in the drop down menus. |
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| Salutation: |
None |
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Dear (Select the Dear option) |
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Hello |
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Hi |
| Name |
None |
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First Name (Select the First Name option) |
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First Name Last Name |
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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 |
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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 |
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| Salutation: |
None |
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Dear (Select the Dear option) |
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Hello |
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Hi |
| Name |
None |
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First Name (Select the First Name option) |
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First Name Last Name |
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The cards would then read:
Dear Sally & Steve
Dear Jane & John |
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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 |
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| Salutation: |
None |
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Dear |
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Hello |
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Hi |
| Name |
None |
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First Name |
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First Name Last Name |
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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 |
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Click the Preview Button to see exactly how the salutation will be printed on the card or invitation that you have designed. |
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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. |