1/24/2025 So it came a time for me to need to do a mailmerge again using MS Word. This time, I really had to try finding a means to do dynamic subject line in the emails. Adding a variable field in the subject line with each recipient's name respectively. Apparently, to have field(s) in mail merge subject line, along with other features such as adding respective attachments, CC, BCC, are not native to Microsoft Word MailMerge. For that, one needs to install some sort of addin and they aren't usually free. I follow this youtuber's suggestion and downloaded MergeTools:
This Merge Tools Add-in is not really free. It gives a 20 use trial. It's basically a dotm file to be saved to MS Word's startup folder, which allow you to have a new addon tool in the Word ribbon. Then one must make sure to save the Mailmerge (Important: Start MailMerge as Letters, not as Email Messages) by going to FILE>Save As, as a docx file before going to his Merge Tool addin.
I tried looking into its Macro VBA code but it's password protected. There are ways to hack it, which I'll have another private entry "How to Hack dotm VBA Password Protection" on (Why is he-author Doug Robbins, using Indonesian terms in his coding?!). He's certainly put a lot of work in it, but I think $30 is a bit steep for me. I would gladly pay no more than $5 :). The programmer also suggested an alternative way (using Power Automate) of doing this on his FAQ page with folks on Mac:
1/23/2025 7 well known papers in Computer Science history.
For the first time, I went to the city hall townhall meeting of South Amboy, because we received a letter notifying us for a chance to object to the construction of a 2-story house on 407 Prospect Street. It's interesting that they are open to the change of the house address to Hillcrest instead of Prospect. There's about 10 members of the committee and 15 in the audience.
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