Updated Formal Greeting Examples (markdown)

Sarah Poger Gladstone 2019-05-28 02:19:21 -04:00
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For the token described as "Formal with first name: Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kline" which looks like {greetings.joint_formal_firstname} in a CiviCRM message template, there is a fair amount of nuance to what the result will look like. This is because there is a fair amount of nuance in real life etiquette, as described at http://emilypost.com/advice/guide-to-addressing-correspondence/
## Overview
For the "formal" tokens:
* "Formal: Mr. and Mrs. Kline" {greetings.joint_formal} in a CiviCRM message template
* "Formal with first name: Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kline" {greetings.joint_formal_firstname} in a CiviCRM message template
The result of the token "Formal with first name" depends on your CiviCRM data. Some examples:
There is a fair amount of nuance to what the result will look like. This is because there is a fair amount of nuance in real life etiquette, as described at http://emilypost.com/advice/guide-to-addressing-correspondence/
**Result:** Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kline
**Data Requirements:**
* The "spouse of" relationship between 2 contacts is active/enabled and neither contact is marked as deceased.
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* Each contact in the "spouse of" relationship has an identical last name
* The female contact has no "individual prefix" filled in, or is filled in as "Mrs."
## greetings.joint_formal_firstname
The result of the token "Formal with first name" depends on your CiviCRM data. Some examples:
**Result:** Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kline
If the "spouse of" relationship between 2 contacts is active/enabled and neither contact is marked as deceased, YET the above data requirements are not met, then the token result will be one of the following examples:
* Mr. Michael Kline and Ms. Judith Smith (no one has a title, different last names)
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* Dr. Judith Smith and Dr. Micheal Smith (Both people have a title, same last name)
* Dr. Micheal Smith and Dr. Judith Smith (Both people have a title, same last name)
## greetings.joint_formal