diff --git a/entity/BulkMailAddRecipients_entity/recordcontainers/jdito/onInsert.js b/entity/BulkMailAddRecipients_entity/recordcontainers/jdito/onInsert.js
index e1544b133d51a8aa459dc86d1135c68d29ad18f1..cce82d39abe4867c83b6b4289e6d5dfe284ace9a 100644
--- a/entity/BulkMailAddRecipients_entity/recordcontainers/jdito/onInsert.js
+++ b/entity/BulkMailAddRecipients_entity/recordcontainers/jdito/onInsert.js
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ import("system.vars");
 var contactIds = JSON.parse(vars.getString("$field.recipientContactIds"));
 var bulkMailId = vars.get("$field.BULKMAIL_ID");
 
-BulkMailUtils.addRecipients(bulkMailId, contactIds);
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+BulkMailUtils.addRecipients(bulkMailId, contactIds);
+BulkMailUtils.openBulkMail(bulkMailId);
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diff --git a/entity/SerialLetterAddRecipients_entity/SerialLetterAddRecipients_entity.aod b/entity/SerialLetterAddRecipients_entity/SerialLetterAddRecipients_entity.aod
index e29e0663fbc93dd601d4b3db8f2c7e6e098b6f3d..66768fb7f3e15a14ba0ddc984d193e7e7b88c4f7 100644
--- a/entity/SerialLetterAddRecipients_entity/SerialLetterAddRecipients_entity.aod
+++ b/entity/SerialLetterAddRecipients_entity/SerialLetterAddRecipients_entity.aod
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
       <name>SERIALLETTER_ID</name>
       <title>Serial letter</title>
       <consumer>SerialLetters</consumer>
+      <mandatory v="true" />
     </entityField>
     <entityField>
       <name>UID</name>
diff --git a/entity/SerialLetterAddRecipients_entity/recordcontainers/jdito/onInsert.js b/entity/SerialLetterAddRecipients_entity/recordcontainers/jdito/onInsert.js
index 3afb7c68f28e9a1ca239132f704d76ceece13f40..e5d6b8596f1c2451faed96bf983c0993a864faee 100644
--- a/entity/SerialLetterAddRecipients_entity/recordcontainers/jdito/onInsert.js
+++ b/entity/SerialLetterAddRecipients_entity/recordcontainers/jdito/onInsert.js
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ var contactIds = JSON.parse(vars.getString("$field.recipientContactIds"));
 var letterId = vars.get("$field.SERIALLETTER_ID");
 
 SerialLetterUtils.addRecipients(letterId, contactIds);
+SerialLetterUtils.openSerialLetter(letterId);
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diff --git a/process/Bulkmail_lib/process.js b/process/Bulkmail_lib/process.js
index 25c4071b35da671f1d2907f69577f0515a542ba7..7e3fde56fb64f8f5c120ba7c4742a1c7f9a209c8 100644
--- a/process/Bulkmail_lib/process.js
+++ b/process/Bulkmail_lib/process.js
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ BulkMailUtils.filterNewRecipients = function (pBulkMailId, pContactIds)
 
 BulkMailUtils.openBulkMail = function (pBulkMailId)
 {
-    neon.openContext("BulkMail", "BulkMailMain_view", [pBulkMailId], neon.OPERATINGSTATE_NEW, null);
+    neon.openContext("BulkMail", "BulkMailMain_view", [pBulkMailId], neon.OPERATINGSTATE_VIEW, null);
 }
 
 function SerialLetterUtils () {}
@@ -304,4 +304,9 @@ SerialLetterUtils.isRecipient = function (pSerialLetterId, pContactId)
         .andPrepare("LETTERRECIPIENT.SERIALLETTER_ID", pSerialLetterId)
         .buildSql("select count(*) from LETTERRECIPIENT") //TODO: is there a way exists could be used?
     ) != "0";
+}
+
+SerialLetterUtils.openSerialLetter = function (pSerialLetterId)
+{
+    neon.openContext("SerialLetter", "SerialLetterMain_view", [pSerialLetterId], neon.OPERATINGSTATE_VIEW, null);
 }
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diff --git a/process/DocumentTemplate_lib/process.js b/process/DocumentTemplate_lib/process.js
index 2bfd37dd64c8f609a694c4b96b5c4eaa797e0cb5..121ae9d04a784c4eaddc2b0ae0a8c06dfeaa015d 100644
--- a/process/DocumentTemplate_lib/process.js
+++ b/process/DocumentTemplate_lib/process.js
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ TemplateHelper._getReplacedDOCX = function (pTemplate, pReplacements)
 {
     var replacements = {};
     for (let placeholder in pReplacements)  //removes the prefix and postfix, the process needs it like this
-        replacements[placeholder.slice(3, -3)] = pReplacements[placeholder];
+        replacements[placeholder.slice(2, -2)] = pReplacements[placeholder];
 
     //this is executed as a process because of better performance
     var documentData = process.execute("getDocxDocument_serverProcess", {