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-Select a letter type in one of the following ways: 
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-On the Directory tab, click Retrieve for the letter type you want to use. 
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-Click the Letter tab. In the drop down at the top of the tab, click   to select the 
-letter type you want to use. 
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-The text editor is displayed. If you selected a letter type, the letter is displayed. 
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-Type or edit the letter using as many variables as necessary. 
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-Note:  It is recommended that you do not enter line breaks by pressing ENTER in the 
-paragraph body, as this will cause the text to wrap incorrectly in the actual letter. 
-Instead, let the text wrap naturally in the editor. When you click Preview and print 
-the letters, the line breaks will occur in the appropriate places. 
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-Copying a letter 
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-To add a variable, position the cursor where you want to insert a variable. Variables 
-must be inserted one at a time. 
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-Click Variables to select a variable. 
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-To delete a variable, select the variable and press DELETE. 
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-Notes: 
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-The List of Absences variable is used to report absence types and tardy periods if 
-tardy equivalent days are specified; it is not available for Annual Notification 
-and Mail Out letter types. 
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-The font attributes (bold, italic, underline, strikeout) for the List of Absences 
-variable should not be changed. Otherwise, the letters will not generate. 
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-A variable cannot be used in the first line of the letter. If the first character 
-in the letter must be a variable, precede it with a blank line to ensure that the 
-letters process properly. 
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-Click Save. 
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-Click Preview to preview the letter. The letter opens in PDF format in an embedded 
-Adobe Reader window. 
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-Under Margins, adjust the left, right, top, and bottom margins as needed. 
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-Use three digits for the margin with two decimal places (e.g., 1.00). The margins 
-are in inches. 
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-Click Refresh Margins if you changed the margins. The letter is redisplayed with 
-the new margins. 
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-From the Adobe Reader toolbar, you can print the letters, save them to your PC, and 
-perform other functions allowed by Adobe Reader. 
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-Click Save to save changes to the margins. 
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-To preview another letter type, in the field next to the Edit button, click   to 
-select another letter type. The selected letter type is displayed in the embedded 
-Adobe Reader window. 
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-Click Edit to return to the letter editor. 
attendance/maintenance/letters/update/letter.1492704348.txt.gz · Last modified: 2017/04/20 11:05 (external edit)