INTRODUCTION
Feature Summary: CourtReserve's Bulk Email tool (found under Members > Bulk Email) includes a drag-and-drop editor that lets you compose and send a simple text-based email in minutes. If you have content ready to go — typed out or copied from another source — a single content block is all you need.
Use Cases:
Quick announcements to all members
One-off communications
OVERVIEW
Not every email needs a full design. This article walks through the fastest path to a clean, simple email using one text row — no templates, no complex layouts.
NAVIGATION
Navigate to Members > Bulk Email.
Creating a Simple Text Email
Step 1: Create a New Email
Click Create Email in the top-right corner. Enter an internal name for the email and click Save. This name is for internal use only and will not be visible to recipients.
Step 2: Complete the Setup Steps
Work through the first three steps:
To — Select your recipients or use filters to narrow the list
From — Set the sender name recipients will see in their inbox
Subject Line — Enter the subject line recipients will see
When finished, click Design Email.
Step 3: Choose Design From Scratch
When prompted, select Design From Scratch and click Continue.
Step 4: Click Into the Paragraph Block
When the editor opens, your organization's logo and a default Paragraph block are already in place. Click directly inside the Paragraph block — it will display placeholder text reading "I'm a new paragraph block." — and begin typing your message or paste in content from your clipboard, ChatGPT, or any other source.
Note: If your text is coming from Word or another program, paste it in and do a quick review — some formatting may carry over.
Editing Tools
Editing Selected Text — Black Toolbar
To edit a specific word, sentence, or section of text, highlight it with your mouse.
A black toolbar will appear directly above the selection with quick formatting options including bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, text color, highlight, links, and merge tags. Use this toolbar for targeted edits without affecting the rest of the block.
Here, the text color is changed to purple.
Next, a link is added.
Editing the Full Block — Right Panel
To adjust the formatting of the entire Paragraph block, click anywhere inside it to select it. The right panel will switch to Paragraph Properties, where you can control font family, font weight, font size, text color, link color, alignment, and paragraph spacing. Use this panel when you want to apply consistent formatting across the full block rather than individual selections.
Undo, Redo, and Version History — Bottom Left Buttons
In the lower-left corner of the editor, three buttons give you quick control over your changes:
Version history (circular arrow) — step back through earlier saved versions of your email
Undo (left arrow) — reverse your last action
Redo (right arrow) — reapply an action you just undid
These are especially useful if you paste in content and need to quickly roll back a change.
Step 5: Preview and Save
Use the preview toggle icons in the upper left to check how your email looks on desktop and mobile. When everything looks right, click Save in the upper right.
Step 6: Send or Schedule
Return to the email flow and choose Send Email to send immediately, Send Test Email to send the email to yourself or any system user for review, or Schedule Email to set a future date and time. A confirmation window will display the total number of recipients before you confirm.
Note: Sending similar emails on a regular basis? Consider building a starter template instead. A saved template lets you skip the setup every time - your layout, logo, and structure are already in place, so you can jump straight to updating the content and hitting send. Learn how to build one here.