Learn how to generate one precedent letter per addressee or generate one precedent letter listing all addressees.
How to generate one letter per addressee
In a Purchase matter where there is more than one purchaser, you may wish to generate the same precedent letter to each purchaser.
Worked example
I wish to send an Initial letter to Purchaser with Costs Disclosure to the Purchasers in my matter, Ella and Libby, but as two separate Word documents.
- Double-click on the precedent in the Precedent Library.
- The Select a party window will open. Tick the contacts in the Matter Contacts section.
- Under Layout Options on the left menu, select One document per addressee.
- Select Create (X) Documents. X is the number of matter contacts you have ticked.
- Microsoft Word will open one precedent, addressed to one of the contacts. In this example, the precedent addressed to Ella will open.
- Make any necessary amendments to the Word document and once you are ready to move to the next addressee, select Save & Next on the Smokeball toolbar.
- The document will close and the next precedent letter will open. In this example, the letter addressed to Ella will close and the letter addressed to Libby will open.
- Make any necessary amendments to the Word document. When there are no more precedent letters to generate, the Smokeball toolbar shows Save & Close instead of Save & Next.
How to generate one letter that lists all addressees
In a Purchase matter where there is more than one purchaser, you may wish to generate one precedent letter that is addressed to all purchasers.
Worked example
I wish to send one Initial letter to Purchaser with Costs Disclosure to the Purchasers in my matter, Trent and Margot Timely, who live together on the same address.
- Double-click on the precedent in the Precedent Library.
- The Select a party window will open. Tick the contacts in the Matter Contacts section.
- Under Layout Options on the left menu, select One document with all addressees listed.
- If the contacts share the same address, like in our example, the option to Merge people residing at the same address will appear.
- If the contacts share the same address, like in our example, the option to Merge people residing at the same address will appear.
- Select Create 1 Document.
- Microsoft Word will open one precedent, addressed to all contacts.
- If Merge people residing at the same address was ticked, the contacts' names will display on one line above the address.
- If Merge people residing at the same address was unticked, the contacts will display in separate address blocks, one after the other.
- If the addressees do not live in the same address, the option to merge addresses will not be available. They will also display in separate address blocks, one after the other.
- If Merge people residing at the same address was ticked, the contacts' names will display on one line above the address.
- Make any necessary amendments to the Word document, then select Save & Close from the Smokeball toolbar when finished.