Address fields in Filevine DocGen (one-line, block & per-line)

Filevine DocGen · advanced guide

Address codes can be used in dynamic ways in Filevine — the same address can appear as one flowing line in a paragraph, as a tidy block on a letter, or spread across a letterhead. You only enter the address once; Filevine just lets you choose how it shows up. Here's our guide to picking the right format for each spot in your document.

One line: the address1 code

The plain {{client.address1}} code returns the entire address on a single line, comma-separated:

{{client.address1}}  →  1200 Harbor Boulevard, Suite 400, Long Beach, CA 90802

This is the format for running text — anywhere the address belongs inside a sentence or a paragraph rather than on its own lines. It flows naturally where a block would break the prose:

...the property located at {{client.address1}}, which is the subject of this agreement...

Block form: the address1block code

The {{client.address1Block}} code returns the contact's name and address together, in block style — each part on its own line, ready to use as-is:

{{client.address1Block}}  →  Jane A. Smith
                             1200 Harbor Boulevard
                             Suite 400
                             Long Beach, CA 90802

This is the format for correspondence and envelopes. The recipient block at the top of a letter, the inside address, the address that shows through a window envelope — one code produces the whole thing, name included, laid out the way a mailing address is supposed to look. You don't assemble it from parts and you don't add the name separately; the block code already does both.

Line by line: the address components

When a specific layout demands it, Filevine can also hand you each part of the address as its own code, so you place them exactly where you want:

{{client.address1Line1}}
{{client.address1Line2}}
{{client.address1City}}, {{client.address1State}} {{client.address1Zip}}

Because you control each line, you can center them the way a letterhead usually sits on the page:

1200 Harbor Boulevard
Suite 400
Long Beach, CA 90802

This is the format for letterhead, forms, and tables — anywhere the design controls the exact position of each line. A letterhead footer might set the street on one line and the city/state/zip on another in a smaller font; a fillable form might have a labeled box for each component. Splitting the address into components is the only way to hit those layouts precisely. (It's the same family of per-line codes you'd use on the firm's own letterhead with the {{orgAddress1Line1}} org codes — see the letterhead guide.)

Which one should I use?

The layout decides the code, not the other way around. Match the shape the document needs:

• Inside a sentence or paragraph → the one-line {{client.address1}}.
• Recipient block on a letter or an envelope → the name-and-address {{client.address1Block}}.
• Letterhead, a form, or a table cell that needs exact placement → the per-line component codes.

Your project's DocGen Field List shows the exact address codes available for each contact — client, opposing party, referring attorney, and so on. The same three shapes exist for every one of them; only the contact prefix changes.