Tutorial

Lesson 6 | Creating lists, mailing labels, and form letters 43
7. Add merge fields for the home address, city, and country, with appropriate spaces, new lines,
and punctuation.
Type the letter
1. Press Enter or Return twice to create two line spaces at the end of the address.
2. Start the salutation line: type Dear and a space.
3. Insert merge fields for the first and last name, separated by a space.
In your own letters, you can use more fields (for example, a title field) for a more professional
salutation.
4. Type a comma and two line spaces.
5. Type the letter:
Favorite Bakery welcomes you and your company to our organization.
We look forward to doing business with you and hope you are pleased with our
products and service!
If you misspell a word, you’ll see a red line under it. To turn off the real-time spelling checker in
this file, choose File menu > File
Options. In the File Options dialog box, click the Spelling tab.
Clear Indicate questionable words with special underline.
If a field is likely to contain words (such as names) that a spelling checker will mark as misspelled,
you can turn off spelling checking on specific fields. For information about turning off spelling
checking in specific fields in a file, see FileMaker
Pro Help.
Clear this checkbox
to turn off
underlining of
misspelled words