You can speed up the process of creating a letter to send to members of boards and committees by using a letter template. This article will show you how to configure a letter template.
Set Up a Letter Template
- Sign in to your solution if you have not already
- Navigate to the User Menu, then select the Boards and Committees option
- Navigate to the User Menu, then click the Settings option
- Scroll to the Templates section and click the Letter Templates button
- Click the Add button to create a new template
- Add a Template Name in the Template Name field
- Add the text that will be included in the body of the template letter in the body field
Note: You can click and drag the Resize tool (triangle icon) to increase the size of the text box, or click the Maximize button (multi-directional arrows icon) to expand the text box to the full size of the browser window, if desired. - Use the Paragraph Formatting and Text Formatting tools to format the look of the text, if desired
Note: You can click the body option following the text entry field to quickly highlight all text in the text entry field, or select the p (paragraph) option following the text entry field to quickly highlight the active paragraph if desired. - Select items from the Merge Tags dropdown list to insert placeholders for dynamic content such as dates, titles, and contact information, if desired
- Click the Source button to view and edit the HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) source code of the letter template, if desired
- Click the Save button to save the template
- The template has been saved and will now appear in the Letter Templates list
Edit a Letter Template
- Sign in to your solution if you have not already
- Navigate to the User Menu, then select the Boards and Committees option
- Navigate to the User Menu, then click the Settings option
- Scroll to the Templates section and click the Letter Templates button
- Click the Edit button to the left of the name of the template you wish to modify
- Edit the Template Name, if desired
- Edit the text that will be included in the body of the template letter, as necessary
Note: You can click and drag the Resize tool (triangle icon) to increase the size of the text box, or click the Maximize button (multi-directional arrows icon) to expand the text box to the full size of the browser window, if desired. - Use the Paragraph Formatting and Text Formatting tools to format the look of the text, if desired:
Note: You can click the body option following the text entry field to quickly highlight all text in the text entry field, or select the p (paragraph) option following the text entry field to quickly highlight the active paragraph if desired. - Select items from the Merge Tags dropdown list to insert placeholders for dynamic content such as dates, titles, and contact information, if desired
- Click the Source button to view and edit the HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) source code of the letter template, if desired
- Click the Save button to save the changes to the letter template
- The template has been edited
Delete a Letter Template
- Sign in to your solution if you have not already
- Navigate to the User Menu, then select the Boards and Committees option
- Navigate to the User Menu, then click the Settings option
- Scroll to the Templates section and click the Letter Templates button
- Click the Delete button to the left of the name of the template you wish to delete
- Click the OK button on the popup that appears to confirm the deletion
- Your letter template has been deleted
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