Mail Merge
With Mail Merge you can crate documents that have Merge Fields, then print or export to labels, envelopes, invitations, etc. using information in your address book.
Insert Merge Fields
To insert a Merge Field create or edit a Text object. Using the Merge Field list in the Text ribbon you can add field to the text box. After adding the field click into the text box to add a space, comma, or new line depending on how you would like the text to be configured. Add more merge fields as desired.
Define Merge Contacts
Once you have your document setup with Merge Fields you will want to define your Merge Data. Click the Setup Mail Merge button to define your merge data. You can merge your entire contacts list, a group, or select individual contacts to merge by placing a check in the box next to the contact.
Text Tracking (Kerning)
- Select a text box with text inside of it.
Edit the text tracking by click on the up or down arrows next to Text Tracking, located in the Text tab in the Ribbon Tabs (top of The Print Shop for Macintosh).
Text Case Tools - Upper case, sentence case, etc
You can now change a text box to all upper, lower, sentence, or title case by selecting a Text objection then clicking the Edit menu and choosing Text Options
Change Text Case
- Select the text box with a left-click
- Go to the Edit menu / Text Options
- Choose your desired Case style
Change Text Case
- Open the Text tab in Ribbon Tabs
- Click on the Add Text icon
- Enter some lines of text into your text box
- Exit the Edit Text mode by deselecting the text box
- Select the text box with a left-click
- Go to the edit menu / text Options
- Choose your desired Case style
Recently Used Fonts and Type to Select Fonts
In the Text control panel the Fonts drop down menu now supports 5 recent fonts that will automatically appear at the top of the list as you apply different fonts to Text objects. You can also click the drop down and start typing the name of the font and the menu with jump to the font, this saves time instead of having to manually scroll large font lists.
Text Remove
Clicking on delete button will delete the selected text box.