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+% MERGE LETTER MODEL, merges address list with letter
+\input mergetxt.inp % READ TEXT1 merge file format instructions
+%
+% Select special fonts and setting markup used
+% in the merge process here:
+%
+\selectfontset{cm18}{titlefont}{default} % special letter heading font
+\titlepageformat{\titleleadskip{0in}} % no initial skip for letters
+%
+% Run TEXT1 against a file on your disk that includes
+% this model. A set of five sample letters will be printed. The
+% sample letter describes the mail merge setup. Once you have
+% run the model and read the letter, make the necessary
+% modifications to your file. Set the address field names of
+% your address file in the "\fieldnames{name, name, ...}"
+% markup with the data field names of your data base file.
+% Create the "shell letter," your letter, which includes the
+% address field names of your data file, preceded by a "\",
+% i.e., \namea, \nameb, etc. You need use only those data
+% fields necessary in the document and address label, but all
+% fields in your data base file must be given in the field
+% names markup. Specify the name of your letter file
+% "shell letter" with the "\documentfilename{fn.ft}" markup;
+% specify the address data file with the "\addressfile{...}"
+% markup; and then PRINT the file containing your letter merge
+% model to merge the address file with the shell letter and
+% print the label sheet.
+%
+% NOTE: If you create an address file by hand remove the percent sign
+% before the datacheck MARKUP. The number of the letter from the
+% beginning of the merge file data base and the first and last
+% data fields will be listed on the screen and in the log file
+% when data check is active. This will aid you in finding any
+% errors in your data file.
+%
+%\datacheck % SET DATACHECK by removing the "%" symbol
+%
+% Give all data field names in sequence of occurrence
+% (address list names)
+%
+% Format: \fieldnames{name1, name2, name3, ..., namelast}
+
+\fieldnames{title, firstname, lastname, company, address, city,
+ state, zipcode, phone, amount}
+
+% Give file name for document text (letter file that includes
+% the field names for the replaceable text in the document)
+%
+% Format: \documentfilename{filename.filetype}
+
+\documentfilename{mergelet.mdl}
+
+% WARNING!
+% If you want to modify the address label format, then the
+% \addresslabelformat markup MUST come prior to the
+% \datafilename markup.
+%
+% Format: \addresslabelformat{all fields and markup to create label}
+
+\addresslabelformat{\noindent\title\ \firstname\ \lastname\lbr
+ \company\lbr
+ \address\lbr
+ \city, \state\quad\zipcode}
+
+% Now specify where the address data file is located with
+% the \datafilename markup.
+%
+% Format: \datafilename{filename.filetype}
+
+\datafilename{mergelst.mdl}
+
+% PRINTING A MAILING LABEL SHEET
+%
+% You may use the "\maillabelformat{}" markup to change
+% the default label format markup. The default label format
+% prints three inch-high labels across the page which can be
+% copied onto a label sheet with an appropriate copy machine.
+%
+% WARNING!
+% The \maillabelformat{} markup must be placed BEFORE the
+% \printlabels markup to change the system defaults.
+%
+% Select the font setto be used in printing the labels.
+
+\tenpt % prints labels with computer modern ten point
+
+\printlabels % print address label sheet for Xerox label sheet
+
+% Labels will be printed beginning on page 99.
+%
+% WARNING!
+% If you have an empty data field occurs in the data being
+% processed within the \addresslabelformat, the field will
+% be printed as a blank space or as a blank line if the
+% field is by itself on the line.
+