How can I insert tags into an AutoMail word template?

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How can I insert tags into an AutoMail word template?

9th January 2020

How can I insert tags into an AutoMail Word template? For example, I would like my template to have the Client's identifier and the Partner Identifier as a reference. How do I add these tags to the template?

Select the tags in the Tag Selection Screen:
The Tag Selection screen opens at the same time as the Word document template. At this point both screens can be used simultaneously to create and save the template. The Tag Selection screen has two main functions:

1. To choose which tags are available to merge into the letter template from the database
2. To save the template once it has been written To select the Tags in the Tag Selection Screen:

• Log on to IRIS Automail from IRIS Main Menu
• The AutoMail – Letter Request Browser will be displayed, click on the Templates button.
• The AutoMail – Letter Template Maintenance Screen will be displayed. Highlight your template and click on the Edit button to edit the template.
• The template will then be displayed,
• Toggle on the Field codes (Press ALT F9 on your keyboard).
• Minimize Word , the Tag Selection screen will be displayed
• Any tags that need to be inserted can be done via the Tag Selection Screen. These are then available to be entered in Word.
• Select the tags in the Tag selection screen. For example, the Clients Identifier and the Partner Identifier you would need to open the following folders:
  The Particular Client | Common | Place a tick next to IRIS Client Identifier
  The Particular Client | Common | Partner responsible for Client | Place a tick next to Identifier within IRIS
• Click on the Refresh button

Add the tags to the Word template

• Maximise
• Place the Cursor where you would like to enter the tag. For example, to enter the Client ID, you would place the cursor as the top of the page.
• Click on the Mailings Tab | In the Write & Insert Fields section, click on the Insert Merge Field down arrow
• Click on the Tag that you would like to enter in the document. For example the Client Identifier, this will be displayed as LMCLIrisIdentifier
• This will be displayed in the document as { MERGEFIELD LMCLIrisIdentifier }
• Place your cursor where you would like to add the Partner Identifier
• Click on the Mailings Tab | In the Write & Insert Fields section, click on the Insert Merge Field down arrow
• Click on the Tag that you would like to enter in the document. For example the Partner Identifier, this will be displayed as LMCLPartnerIdentifier
• Once all the tags have been entered in the document, minimize Word
• The Tag Selection Screen will be displayed, click on the Save button