Microsoft Word for Acknowledgements

Before you run acknowledgements, we recommend you create an acknowledgement form template in Word. The Word form template is the form you merge acknowledgement data with to create the acknowledgements you send to constituents. For example, the letter can read “Thank you for your gift of [gift amount merge field] to restore the Adamson Science Center.”

When you create the Word form template the first time, generate a header file from the program to use in the form template for merged fields. The header file exports in *.csv format. For more information, see Generate a Header File and Add a Letter Screen.

After you create the Word form template, you must add a letter to the program. The letter is assigned to the revenue group to acknowledge. By creating the Word form template and adding letter information first, you can generate merged acknowledgements easily after you run the acknowledgement process.

Note: After you merge the acknowledgement Word form template with acknowledgement data, you can print the acknowledgements to mail to constituents. You can send acknowledgements via email by including the merged file as an attachment to the email.

For assistance with Word merge help, see the Microsoft Word help file. Also, visit www.blackbaud.com for Knowledgebase articles about the merge process with Blackbaud programs.