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l If there are multiple Email sections, only one of them can be merged with each record.
Make sure that the correct section has been set as the default; see "Setting a default
Email template for output" on page 302.
To dynamically select a section for output, use a Control Script; see "Control Scripts" on
page 388.
l PDF attachments can be compressed to make the files smaller; see "Compressing PDF
attachments" on page 299.
Generating Email output from Connect Designer
To generate Email output from the Designer:
1. Open a template with an Email context.
2. Load a data file or database compatible with this template. See "Loading data" on page
327.
Note that although data can be retrieved from an open Data Mapping Configuration, by
default a Data Mapping Configuration does not contain a complete data set. Rather it
contains a smaller subset of the data set, usually limited to 200 records. If you have an
open Data Mapping Configuration, you can however open the complete data file to merge
it with the template.
3. On the File menu, click Send Email or Send Test Email. In the dialog that appears you
can, among other things, attach the Print context or the Web context to the email. See
Send Email or Send Test Email for a description of all the options. Finally, click OK.
Note
About testing emails
When you send a test email, the Email To Script will not be used; instead, the email
will be sent to the address that you specify in the Send Test Email dialog. If you
have a Litmus account, you can enter your Litmus test address. To make the test
address appear by default, you can set the default test address in the Email
Preferences: select Window > Preferences, click the arrow next to Email, click
General and type the test address next to Email Test address.
For a description of how to test your email for different email clients, see this how-to:
Test your emails with Litmus. For more information on Litmus, please see
http://litmus.com/
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