XSL templates are used to generate a large number of pro forma communications from XSL stylesheets. These stylesheets include variables which instruct the system where to insert specific information.
As part of the pro forma generation process, the specific data described by the variables is retrieved from the application's Server and merged with the XSL stylesheet into an XML file. For example, the correspondent name is merged into the XML document in place of the variable. This is the first stage in the pro forma generation process. During the next stage, the application XML Server converts the XML into PDF format. The PDF document can then be printed out to be mailed or faxed to the correspondent.