Quick Tips










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QUICK TIPS for Supporter Donation System
Mass Email

  1. Enter in default email addresses for your supporters

  2. Create a classification or other means to select the desired supporters that will be email recipients

  3. From the Main Menu, click on Supporters

  4. Click on the Configure Search screen button at the bottom of the Supporter Search screen

  5. Choose E-mail Address from the Other Available Fields on the right and click on the green arrow to add it to show on the Search screen

  6. Close the Configure Search screen

  7. Click on the Open SSE, choose Email in the dropdown on the left

  8. In the Email Criteria on the right choose Is Not Blank, click on Continue

  9. Click on the Mail Merge button at the bottom of the screen

  10. Select a Microsoft Word Document that will serve as the email template.  If you don't have a document then right click anywhere in the white area and select New Word Document.  Edit the document. Insert Merge fields by clicking on the merge fields tool in the mail merge tool bar

  11. Click Open

  12. Review the Document checking for errors and cleanliness

  13. Click on the Merge to E-Mail tool in the mail merge tool bar

  14. Next you will see a screen names Merge to E-Mail with Message options and Send records choices

  15. The word EmailAddress should automatically appear in the To: box - if it does not appear then select EmailAddress form the dropdown list

  16. Type in a Subject line

  17. Select a Mail format - experiment with this to understand which mail format best meets your needs

  18. Select to which record or records the email will be sent - All will send to everyone you chose in the Supporter Selection Engine

  19. Click OK and your email messages will be sent thru your Microsoft Outlook outbox

  20. You are done


 

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685 Main Street, Suite C
Safety Harbor, FL 34695
(888) 425-6964
Email: email@visioncps.com 
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