# Create a Template

> Design a mail merge template in a Windows Forms editor: the Reporting ribbon tab, sample JSON data for its drop-downs, merge fields in code and a DOCX template.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms
- **Section:** Documentation
- **Kind:** Topic
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms > Getting Started > Mail Merge > Create a Template
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/mail-merge/template/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/mail-merge/template/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/mail-merge/template/llms-full.txt

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## On This Page

- [Prerequisites](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/mail-merge/template/#prerequisites)
- [The Sample Data](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/mail-merge/template/#the-sample-data)
- [Add the Reporting Tab](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/mail-merge/template/#add-the-reporting-tab)
- [Load the Sample Data Into the Tab](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/mail-merge/template/#load-the-sample-data-into-the-tab)
- [Insert Merge Fields With the Ribbon](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/mail-merge/template/#insert-merge-fields-with-the-ribbon)
- [Show the Field Navigation Sidebar](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/mail-merge/template/#show-the-field-navigation-sidebar)
- [Insert Merge Fields in Code](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/mail-merge/template/#insert-merge-fields-in-code)
- [Save the Template](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/mail-merge/template/#save-the-template)
- [Next Steps](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/mail-merge/template/#next-steps)

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- **Next:** [Merge Data Into Fields](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/getting-started/mail-merge/fields/llms.txt)