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# Mail Merge Wizard - Create salutation

Specify the properties for the salutation. If the mail merge database contains gender information, you can specify different salutations based on the gender of the recipient.

## This document should contain a salutation

Adds a salutation.

### Insert personalised salutation

Adds a personalised salutation to the mail merge document. To use the default salutation, unmark this check box.

#### Female

Select the personalised greeting for a female recipient.

#### New

Opens the Custom Salutation (Female recipient) dialogue box.

#### Male

Select the personalised greeting for a male recipient.

#### New

Opens the Custom Salutation (Male recipient) dialogue box.

#### Field name

Select the field name of the address database field that contains the gender information.

#### Field value

Select the field value that indicates the gender of the recipient.

### General salutation

Select the default salutation that is used when you do not specify a personalised salutation.

### Preview

Displays a preview of the salutation.

#### Match fields

Opens the Match Fields dialogue box.

#### (Browse buttons)

Use the browse buttons to preview the information from the previous or next data record.

Next step: Mail Merge Wizard - Adjust layout

Alternatively you can press the Finish button and use the Mail Merge Toolbar to finish the mail merge process.

Related Topics

Mail Merge Wizard overview