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2) If you have not already created the address list, you may click
Create to do so now. This step will allow you to create a CSV
(Comma Separated Values) file with a new list of address records.
If you already have an address list, as we have in the “Points”
spreadsheet example, but which is not the one you wish to use,
click Add and select the file in which it resides.
In each of the above cases a new data source will be created and
registered.
Figure 312: Select address list dialog
3) Select the address list and click OK to return to step 3 of the
wizard. For this example, the preceding steps are all you need to
do. The wizard can also exclude certain records; click Filter to
choose them.
Selecting the address block
1) In step 3 of the wizard (shown in Figure 311), look at section 2.
This is where you select the address block to appear on the letter,
and define its appearance and the fields it contains. The main
page gives two examples. If neither of those is exactly what you
want, click More to see more choices, in the Select Address Block
dialog (shown in Figure 313).
2) The Select Address Block dialog offers six choices for the format
of the address block (scroll down to see the last two choices). You
can also optionally include or exclude the country (for example,
only include the country if it is not England). The six formats
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