CDSCOPE Mail Merge Letter Template

Cityscope includes a specific contact name for most property owners. This contact name is made up of a title, first name and surname.

To help you format your mail merge letters we have a set up a template you can use as the base for your own letters. This template has been set up in Microsoft Word 2000 format. Click here to download this template.

Simply save this Word document to a place on your computer or network where you and other Cityscope users in your office can easily access it. When you need to set up a mail merge document using Cityscope data, create a copy of the file and use it as the template for your letter. When you open the letter in Word, you will need to change the "Data Source" to point to the Excel or RTF file you have exported from CDSCOPE.

• In Word 2000 this is done by clicking "Tools", "Mail Merge", "Get Data", "Open Data Source", then navigating to the file you created from CDSCOPE.
  
• In Word XP, a message will display with the button "Find Data Source". Click "Find Data Source". Select the "Files of Type" option, then either "Excel Files (xls)" or "Rich Text Format (rtf), depending on which file type you exported your CDSCOPE data in. Navigate to the location of the file you created from CDSCOPE and then double-click it. Click OK if the "Select Table" window appears.

From here all you'll need to do is compose your letter and merge it to your printer!

If you have any further questions please email helpdesk@cityscope.co.nz or give us a call.

Regards,

Brett Scott
Cityscope Publications Pty Ltd