Shared Email Templatesextension for Gmail
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Greetings and names

Greet recipients by name and switch between a single and a group greeting automatically when you insert a Shared Email Templates for Gmail template.

Adjust the greeting to the number of recipients

  1. 1.

    Place the cursor where the greeting should go.

  2. 2.

    Click Insert macro and choose Insert greeting.

  3. 3.

    Enter a greeting for one recipient and one for several.

    Entering specific message text for single and multiple recipients in the macro pop-up window.
  4. 4.

    Click OK and save the template.

Tip

These fields accept nested macros too.

With one recipient, the first greeting is used:

Selecting the first greeting option to be inserted for a single email recipient.

With several recipients, the group greeting is used:

Automatically switching to the group greeting version when multiple recipients are detected.

Insert the recipient’s name

  1. 1.

    Place the cursor where the name should go.

  2. 2.

    Click Insert macro.

  3. 3.

    Search for “recipient” and choose the first, last or full name.

    Searching for recipient macros to insert first, last, or full name placeholders.
  4. 4.

    Save the template.

When you insert the template, the name is taken from the recipient’s details.

The extension automatically detects recipient details and inserts the name into the Gmail template.

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