Create & save a letter

1. Create letter

From relevant record, e.g. property, applicant, tenancy, offer

• Click Letters (top right)

  Open

  

• Letter templates are shown on the left side of the screen and are usually grouped in categories - click the category heading to expand the section and view available templates
  Saved letters are displayed on the right side of the screen - see step 3 for more information

  Open

  

• Select the required template and click Create (or double-click template)

  • Journal Entry is automatically ticked to ensure the creation of the letter is logged in the relevant journal (in this example, the property journal)

  • Re allows extra text to be added to the journal entry along with the letter template name

The letter is displayed in Microsoft Word, see next step

2. Save letter

From letter in Word:

• Click Save (in Word)

• The screen will switch back to the Reapit Letter Generator and will display document options

• Options are:

  • Save document in property letters folder - saves the document in Word or PDF to the Existing letters and files section of the Letter Generator (shown on right above) - see step 3

  • Save document normally - allows the document to be saved to your device as a Word document (outside of the Reapit system)

  • Save as PDF - allows the document to be saved to your device as a PDF document (outside of the Reapit system)

  • E-mail PDF - creates the document as a PDF and attaches it to a new email message, as outlined here: Email a PDF letter

3. Save document in Reapit

From the save options shown in step 2:

• Select Save document in property letters folder and click Accept

• The following prompt is displayed, click Yes
  Clicking No will save the letter to Reapit as a Word document - this is useful if you need to change the letter (if future editing isn’t required, click Yes to save as a PDF)

• The Save file as screen is displayed:

  • File name the filename of the letter can be changed to something more specific
    This can also be done once the file is saved to Reapit

  • Leave File type set to PDF document

  • Click Save

• The Document Properties screen is displayed (from version 12.197+)
  This ensures the document type is correctly set, as this impacts the category the letter is stored in within the letters screen

  • Ensure the file Name and Type is correct
    Type defaults to Letter but can be changed

  • Click Accept

• The file is stored in the letters screen

4. Right-click options to rename/email letter

After a letter/document has been saved, further options are available

From existing letters and files:

• Right-click over the letter

• Options are:

  • Open - opens the letter/document

  • Rename - changes the filename as shown in the letters screen

  • Delete - deletes the file from the letters screen

  • Print - displays installed printers to print the letter to

  • Attach to e-mail - attaches the letter/document to a new email message

  • Set as property particulars - (shown on property letters screen) uses this file as the Predefined Details for the property - for more information on property details, click here:
    Prepare a property for marketing

  • Document type - allows the document type to be changed (which impacts the category the letter is stored in within the letters screen)