User Manual

SmartAddresser 5• Optimizing the Database• Validating Records (CASS Certifying records)• Duplicate Detection• Presorting the Mail (PAVE Certification)• Printing the Barcoded Tray/Sack Tags, Reports, and Postal Service-requiredMailing Statements.• Printing the Mailing Pieces or LabelsThe first step is to open the SmartAddresser 5 program. SmartAddresser 5 launches thesame way that most other Windows-based programs do on your computer; from theWindows Start button, select Programs>Datatech SmartSoft> SmartAddresser 5. Theprogram will open and you will be at the appropriate screen to begin this tutorial. Youmay want to print this page to refer to as you work with the software for the first time.Opening a Delimited Text FileDelimited text simply means that a file (normally an ASCII text file) has the samecharacter or characters that separate one field from another. The two most commonDelimited Text files are Tab and Comma-Separated text, where either a tab or a commaseparates the fields. Most programs available on the market today have the ability tocreate a file in one (or both) of these formats. The feature most associated withcreating this type of file in programs is called Export or Save As. When a file of this typeis created, the file name normally ends with .txt or .csv.For your first procedure in SmartAddresser 5, you will learn what each of the differentchoices available to you in the Open/Create screen mean, and open our demonstrationcomma-delimited data file.When you open SmartAddresser 5, the first screen you see is the Open/Create screen,shown below:10