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SelectEmailTemplate.ThisstartstheBasicActionEmailwizard.
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OrexpandtheTemplatefolder,andthenexpandtheBasic Email templatesfolder,the
Banded Email templatesfolder,ortheSlate: Responsive Email Templates by Litmus
folder.
See"EmailTemplateWizards"onthenextpageforinformationaboutthevarioustypesofTem-
plateWizards.
2. SelectatemplateandclickNext.Ifyoudon'tknowwhattemplatetochoose,seebelow;thechar-
acteristicsofeachkindoftemplatearedescribedfurtherdowninthistopic.
3. Makeadjustmentstotheinitial(orlastused)settings.Theoptionsforeachtypeoftemplateare
listedbelow.
ClickNexttogotothenextsettingspageifthereisone.
4. ClickFinishtocreatethetemplate.
TheWizardcreates:
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AnEmailcontextwithonesectioninit.Thesectioncontainsdummytextandoneormoreselect-
orsforvariabledata,forexample:"Hello@first@".Youwillwanttoreplacethosebythenames
offieldsinyourdata.See"Variabledatainthetext"onpage708.
TheInvoiceemailtemplatealsocontainsaDynamicTable;see"DynamicTable"onpage742.
Notethatthistabledoesnotuseoneofthedefaulttablestyles,andthatthestylesheetwiththe
defaulttablestylesisnotpresentinthetemplate.Toaddthatstylesheettothetemplate,inserta
tableusingtheDynamicTablewizard.
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Onescript,named"To".Double-clickthatscriptontheScriptspanetoopenit.Thisscript
ensuresthattheemailissenttoanemailaddressthatisspecifiedinadatafieldcalled"email-to".
Afterloadingdataoradatamappingconfiguration,youcanchangethescriptsothatitusesthe
actualfieldinyourdatathatholdsthecustomer'semailaddress.See"Emailheadersettings"on
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Astylesheet,namedcontext_htmlemail_styles.css,andanotherstylesheetdependingonwhich
TemplateWizardwasused.ThestylesheetscanbefoundintheStylesheetsfolderonthe
Resourcespane.
TheWizardopenstheEmailsection,sothatyoucanfillitwithtextandotherelements;see"Content
elements"onpage566,"Emailcontext"onpage478,and"Emailtemplates"onpage480.
Tip: UsetheOutlinepaneatthelefttoseewhichelementsarepresentinthetemplateandto
selectanelement.
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