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Formal Greeting Examples
Sarah Poger Gladstone edited this page May 28, 2019
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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
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/
Data Requirements for individuals to be addressed as a couple
- The "spouse of" relationship between 2 contacts is active/enabled and neither contact is marked as deceased.
Data Requirements for individuals (in a couple or single)
- The individual contact has "individual prefix" and/or "gender" filled in.
Data Requirements for couples to get "Mr. and Mrs." style results
- The "spouse of" relationship between 2 contacts is active/enabled and neither contact is marked as deceased.
- One contact in the 'spouse of' relationship has gender filled in as "Female"
- The other contact in the 'spouse of' relationship has gender filled in as "Male"
- 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."
The result of the token "Formal with first name" depends on your CiviCRM data. Some examples:
- Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kline (no one has a title, same last names, one male, one female)
- Dr. and Mrs. Michael Kline (one has a title, same last names, one male, one female)
- Mr. Michael Kline and Ms. Judith Smith (no one has a title, different last names)
- Ms. Judith Smith and Mr. Michael Kline (no one has a title, different last names)
- Mr. Michael Kline and Ms. Judith Smith-Klein (no one has a title, different last names)
- Ms. Judith Smith-Klein and Mr. Michael Kline (no one has a title, different last names)
- Mr. Michael Kline and Mr. Jeff Smith (no one has a title, different last names)
- Mr. Jeff Smith and Mr. Michael Kline (no one has a title, different last names)
- Mrs. Judith Smith and Mrs. Hannah Smith (both have a title of "Mrs.", same last name)
- Dr. Judith Smith and Mr. Michael Smith (One person has a title, same last name)
- Dr. Judith Smith and Mr. Michael Kline (One person has a title, different last names)
- Dr. Judith Smith and Dr. Michael Smith (Both people have a title, same last name)
- Dr. Michael Smith and Dr. Judith Smith (Both people have a title, same last name)
- Ms. Judith Smith (single, no title, female gender)
- Mr. Michael Kline (single, no title, male gender)
- Dr. Judith Smith (single, has a title)
- Mr. and Mrs. Kline (no one has a title, same last names, one male, one female)
- Dr. and Mrs. Kline (one has a title, same last names, one male, one female)
- Mr. Kline and Ms. Smith (no one has a title, different last names)
- Ms. Smith and Mr. Kline (no one has a title, different last names)
- Mr. Smith and Mr. Kline (no one has a title, different last names)
- Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Smith (both have a title of "Mrs.", same last name)
- Mr. Kline and Ms. Smith-Klein (no one has a title, different last names)
- Ms. Smith-Klein and Mr. Kline (no one has a title, different last names)
- Mr. Kline and Mr. Smith (no one has a title, different last names)
- Dr. Smith and Mr. Smith (One person has a title, same last name)
- Dr. Smith and Mr. Kline (One person has a title, different last names)
- Dr. Smith and Dr. Smith (Both people have a title, same last name)
- Ms. Smith (single, no title, female gender)
- Mr. Kline (single, no title, male gender)
- Dr. Smith (single, has a title)