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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297.
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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data,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page161
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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170,"Emailcontext"onpage157,and"Emailtemplates"onpage158.
Tip: UsetheOutlinepaneatthelefttoseewhichelementsarepresentinthetemplateandto
selectanelement.
UsetheAttributespaneattherighttoseethecurrentelement'sID,classandsomeotherprop-
erties.
UsetheStylespanenexttotheAttributespanetoseewhichstylesareappliedtothecurrently
selectedelement.
Notethatthecontentsoftheemailarearrangedintables.ThemanytablesinanEmailtemplateensure
thattheemaillooksgoodonvirtuallyanyemailclient,deviceandscreensize.Asthetableshaveno
borders,theyareinitiallyinvisible.
Tip: ClicktheEdgesbuttononthetoolbartemporarilyaddsaframetocertainelementsonthe
Designtab.ThesewillnotPrintoroutput.
EmailTemplateWizards
ThereareWizardsforthreekindsofEmailtemplates:forBasic Email,forBanded Email,andSlate
templatesforresponsiveemaildesignedbyLitmus.
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