Q. How do I select a label template, e.g., the Avery 5160 label?
A. Personal Mailing List comes with over 100 pre-defined Avery and NEBS label templates, covering just about any Avery and NEBS mailing, shipping, and related label you can find on the market.
To use any of these labels, select Labels from the main menu to display the Print Labels screen. Then click New. An Avery 5160 label (the most commonly used label) will be created, and you will be taken to the Label Design Screen. If you want to use a different label type, press the Label Layout button. Press the Help button at the Label Design Screen for specific help with this.
Q. I want hard-copy printouts of my records. Can Personal Mailing List print such reports?
A. Yes. Select Reports from the main menu.
Personal Mailing List comes with four pre-defined reports for instant report printing.
Q. I have name/address records in other programs. Can I import them into Personal Mailing List?
A. Yes, if the records are in either a dBase format or an ASCII comma delimited format. Please see the on-line Help for complete information on importing dBase and ASCII comma-delimited records.
Q. I type the letter C in the Codes field to indicate that a person is a Customer. How do I select just these Customers records?
A. Click the Filter icon on the main screen to display the Filter screen. Enter $C in the Codes field. Click OK to set the filter and return to the main screen.>Only those records containing a C in the Codes field are now active. The exact number is shown in yellow at the bottom of the screen.
Note that a Clear Filter icon is now displayed in the bottom right corner of the main screen. Click this icon whenever you want to turn the filter off. When setting a filter, $ (dollar sign) means 'contains', ; (semicolon) means 'or', and + (plus sign) means 'and'. To set a filter for records containing either C or S in the Codes field, you would enter $C;$S (which means: contains C or contains S). Entering $C+$S in the Codes field on the Filter screen would produce all records containing both C and S in the Codes field.
Please see the on-line Help for complete information on setting filters.