Mail merge from google sheet

Mail merge from Google Sheets! That's a great way to automate sending personalized emails to a large number of recipients. Here's a step-by-step guide to help you achieve this:

Prerequisites:

1. You have a Google Sheet with the data you want to use for the mail merge.
2. You have a Gmail account (or any other email service that supports SMTP).
3. You have a Google Apps Script project set up (if you don't have one, you can create a new project in the Google Cloud Console).

Step 1: Prepare your Google Sheet

1. Create a new Google Sheet or open an existing one.
2. Set up your data in the sheet, with each row representing a recipient and each column representing a field (e.g., name, email, address, etc.).
3. Make sure your data is organized and formatted correctly.

Step 2: Create a Google Apps Script

1. Open your Google Sheet and click on "Tools" > "Script editor" (or press Ctrl+Enter).
2. In the script editor, delete any existing code and paste the following code:

   
   function sendEmails() {
   var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
   var data = sheet.getDataRange().getValues();
   var subject = "Your Mail Merge Subject";
   var body = "Your Mail Merge Body";

for (var i = 1; i < data.length; i++) { var recipient = data[i][0]; var email = data[i][1]; var message = body.replace("{{name}}", recipient); MailApp.sendEmail(email, subject, message); } }

This script will loop through each row in your sheet, extract the recipient's name and email, and send a personalized email using the `MailApp` service.

**Step 3: Configure the script**

1. Update the `subject` and `body` variables to match your desired email content.
2. Make sure the `data` variable is set to the correct range of cells in your sheet (e.g., `A1:B100` if your data starts in cell A1 and has 100 rows).

**Step 4: Run the script**

1. Save your script by clicking on the floppy disk icon or pressing Ctrl+S.
2. Go back to your Google Sheet and click on "Run" > "sendEmails" (or press Ctrl+Enter).
3. The script will run and send personalized emails to each recipient in your sheet.

**Tips and Variations:**

* To use a template for your email body, you can use the `HtmlService` to create a template and then replace placeholders with the recipient's data.
* To add attachments to your emails, you can use the `MailApp` service's `addAttachment` method.
* To send emails in batches, you can modify the script to use a loop that sends a certain number of emails at a time.

That's it! With these steps, you should be able to perform a mail merge from your Google Sheet using Google Apps Script.