How to pick first name on gmail mail merge

When using Gmail's mail merge feature, you can pick a first name from a list of names to personalize your email messages. Here's how:

Step 1: Set up your mail merge

• Go to Gmail and compose a new email.
• Click on the three vertical dots at the bottom of the compose window and select "Insert" > "Mail merge".
• Choose the template you want to use or create a new one.

Step 2: Add a first name field

• In your mail merge template, click on the "Insert" button and select "Field" > "First name".
• This will add a field to your template that will be replaced with the first name of each recipient.

Step 3: Choose a first name from your contact list

• In the "Mail merge" window, click on the "Contacts" tab.
• Select the contact list you want to use for your mail merge.
• Click on the "First name" dropdown menu and select the first name you want to use for the current recipient.

Step 4: Preview and send your email

• Click on the "Preview" button to see how your email will look with the selected first name.
• If everything looks good, click on the "Send" button to send your email to the selected recipient.

Tips:

• Make sure you have a contact list set up in your Gmail account before you start a mail merge.
• You can also use a CSV file or a Google Sheets document as a data source for your mail merge.
• If you want to use a different first name for each recipient, you can use a formula in your mail merge template to concatenate the first name with other fields, such as the recipient's last name.