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 Using Personalized Texts


2025/12/19 • 7 min. to read
This page describes how to use, review, and manage personalized texts in your daily documents.

Note

Information about setting up personalized texts can be found under Setup, Personalized Texts.

When Are Personalized Texts Used?

Personalized texts are automatically inserted when you select a customer, vendor, or salesperson/purchaser in a document for which a beginning text or ending text is stored on the master data card.

Automatic Insertion

Texts are automatically inserted when:
  • A Standard Text Code is stored as beginning text or ending text on the Customer Card, Vendor Card, or Salesperson/Purchaser Card
  • You select the corresponding business partner in a document
  • The defined conditions (document type, language, period) are met

Example: Personalized Beginning Text for VIP Customers

Customer 10000 - Adatum Corporation
Standard Text Code VIP_GREETING
Text Type Beginning Text
Text Dear Mr. Smith, as a valued VIP customer, you benefit from our premium conditions.

Step-by-Step Guide: Working with Personalized Texts

This guide shows how personalized texts are automatically inserted in daily work and how you can adjust them if needed.
  1. Open a document, e.g., a Sales Order. You can find this via Tell me what you want to do or directly on the home page.
  2. In the Customer Name field, select a customer for whom a personalized text is set up (e.g., Customer 10000).
    The personalized texts are automatically inserted as soon as you leave the field or save the document header. In the field Beginning Text - current/following documents or Ending Text - current/following documents, the value changes to Yes | Yes or Yes | No.
  3. To see the inserted texts, click on the field Beginning Text - current/following documents or select the action Beginning Text. The Document Text Lines page opens and shows all text lines for this document.
  4. In the Standard Text Code column, you can see the code of the personalized text (e.g., VIP_GREETING).
  5. Optional: You can edit the text in the document by clicking on the Text field. The Text Editor opens. For more information, see Advanced Features, Text Editor and Placeholders.

    Note

    Changes to the text in the document only affect this document, not the master data or other documents.
  6. Optional: Check the print preview to see how the personalized text appears on the printed document.

Step-by-Step Guide: Changing Personalized Texts in Documents

If you want to adjust an automatically inserted personalized text for a specific document, you can do this directly in the document text lines.
  1. Open the document whose personalized text you want to change.
  2. Click on the field Beginning Text - current/following documents or Ending Text - current/following documents to open the Document Text Lines.
  3. Click in the Text field of the line you want to change. The text editor opens.
  4. Make the desired changes, e.g., additions for this specific case.
  5. Optional: Adjust the formatting. For more information, see Advanced Features, Formatting.
  6. Close the text editor. The changes are saved in the document.
  7. Optional: If you want the text to also appear on subsequent documents (e.g., posted invoice), enable the corresponding fields such as Sales Invoice.

Practical Scenarios

Scenario 1: VIP Customer with Personalized Greeting

Situation: An important customer should receive a personal greeting on all documents.
  • Setup: A beginning text with a personalized greeting was stored on the customer card.
  • Result: With every new sales document for this customer, the personal greeting appears automatically.
  • Advantage: Consistent, professional communication without manual effort.

Scenario 2: Multilingual Business Partner

Situation: An international customer receives documents in English and German.
  • Setup: Two extended texts with different language codes (EN and DE) were stored on the customer card.
  • Result: Depending on the language code of the document, the appropriate language version appears automatically.
  • Advantage: Automatic language selection, no manual switching necessary.
For more information, see Working with the App, Sorting and Conditions.

Scenario 3: Salesperson-Specific Contact Information

Situation: Each salesperson should have their personal contact details on documents.
  • Setup: An ending text with name, phone, and email is stored on each Salesperson/Purchaser Card.
  • Result: The correct contact person appears automatically on all documents.
  • Advantage: Customers always know who to contact.

Scenario 4: Vendor with Special Order Instructions

Situation: A supplier always requires specific information with orders.
  • Setup: A beginning text with the order instructions is stored on the vendor card.
  • Result: Every order to this supplier automatically contains the required instructions.
  • Advantage: Avoidance of inquiries and delays.
More application examples for using personalized texts can be found under Working with the App, Example Scenarios.

Tips for Daily Work

  • Quick check: The fields Beginning Text - current/following documents show at a glance whether personalized texts are present.
  • Use print preview: Before sending, check how personalized texts appear on the printed document.
  • Adjust texts as needed: For special cases, you can change personalized texts directly in the document without affecting the master data.
  • Change customer: If you change the customer in the document, the personalized texts are automatically updated.
  • Combination with general texts: Personalized texts can be combined with general beginning/ending texts - the sorting order determines the sequence.
For more information, see Working with the App, Using Beginning and Ending Texts.

Frequently Asked Questions

What happens if I change the customer in the document?

The personalized texts of the previous customer are replaced by the texts of the new customer (if available). If the new customer has no personalized texts, the old texts are removed.

Can general and personalized texts be in the document at the same time?

Yes, you can use both general beginning/ending texts and personalized texts. The Sorting Order in the extended texts determines the order in which they appear. For more information, see Working with the App, Sorting and Conditions.

Can I use the same personalized text for multiple customers?

Yes, create a Standard Text Code and reference it in the Beginning Text or Ending Text fields on multiple customer cards. This way, multiple customers share the same text.

Troubleshooting

Why does my personalized text appear on all documents?

Most common mistake: In the Standard Text Code, the fields Document Beginning Text or Document Ending Text were enabled. These must NOT be enabled for personalized texts! Personalized texts are controlled exclusively via the Beginning Text and Ending Text fields on the master data cards (Customer, Vendor, Salesperson/Purchaser). The Document Beginning/Ending Text fields would display the text on all documents. For more information, see Setup, Personalized Texts.

Problem: Personalized Texts Appear Twice

Cause: Both a personalized text (on the customer card) and a general Standard Text Code with similar content may be active. Solution: Check the document text lines and remove one of the texts. Alternatively, you can adjust the sorting order.

Problem: Text Appears in Wrong Language

Cause: The language code in the extended text does not match the document language, or a language-specific version is missing. Solution: Create an extended text for each required language with the corresponding language code on the master data card.

Best Practices

Organizing Personalized Texts

  • Use consistent naming conventions for Standard Text Codes (e.g., CUST_[Number], SALES_[Abbreviation])
  • Document in the Description of the Standard Text Code which business partner the text is intended for
  • Use shared extended texts for multiple business partners with similar requirements
For more information, see Setup, Personalized Texts.

Content Design

  • Keep personalized texts up to date - regularly check whether contact persons or conditions are still correct
  • Use placeholders for dynamic content instead of fixed values (e.g., ##Customer Name## instead of "Mr. Smith")
  • Ensure a professional tone that fits your company and the business partner
For more information, see Advanced Features, Text Editor and Placeholders.

Multilingualism and Internationalization

  • Create extended texts in all required languages for international business partners
  • Use the Language Code to automatically use the correct language version
  • Consider cultural differences in greetings and tone
For more information, see Working with the App, Sorting and Conditions.

Testing and Quality Assurance

  • Always test new personalized texts in a test document before using them in production
  • Check the print preview - screen display may differ from print
  • Test the transfer to subsequent documents by posting a test document
  • When using placeholders: Ensure that all fields are filled

Tip

More frequently asked questions and detailed troubleshooting can be found under For more information, see Working with the App, FAQ and Troubleshooting..

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