A constituent's
- salutation is used at the start of a letter or email - e.g. Dear John,
- label name is used at the top of an address e.g. Mr John Smith
Donorfy will use a default salutation and label names using the name information available as follows
- Label name will be set to Title, First Name and Last Name e.g. Mrs Jane Smith
- Salutation will use the first name if present e.g. Jane, otherwise a combination of title and last name e.g. Mrs Smith
Donorfy allows you change these defaults and to use a different salutation and label name for each set of contact details - for example for personal contact details you might use the label name Mrs Smith and salutation of Jane but for work contact details it might be appropriate to use something more formal.
To override the defaults find the Salutations section at the bottom of the contact details block and enter the values you want to use.
Comments
How would you recommend managing initials? E.g. someone signs as Mr J E Smith?
If a Constituent completes an online form or transaction or is added to Donorfy by way of an integration and the constituent has only supplied their initials then these would be added to the First Name field. The Salutation would then be that particular initial rather than a full first name.
You can utilise the Lists to find Salutations that do not suit your organisation's preference - these can then be manually (currently) altered within the Constituent Profile.