The Mail merge add-on lets you send personalized emails to multiple recipients in one go. The emails are always sent via your Gmail account or your Google Workspace email address. Google also imposes a limit on the number of emails you can send per day. Mail Merge with SMTP Mail merge is convenient because you can put your contacts in a Google Sheet and the add-on will individually send the emails for you. However, if you aren’t using Gmail or have a large mailing list, an SMTP service like SendGrid or AWS may be more a suitable option for sending out personalized emails. Wouldn’t it be nice i ..read more

Google Sheets offers a built-in SUBSTITUTE function that can can find and replace a specific text in a cell with another value. For instance, you can use =SUBSTITUTE("My favorite color is red", "red", "blue") to replace the text red in the string with blue. The SUBSTITUTE function is case-sensitive and will replace all occurrences of the search text. Replace Multiple Values with SUBSTITUTE Now consider a scenario where you have to replace multiple values in a string with different values. For instance, if you have a template string like My name is {{name}} and I work at {{company}} and you wan ..read more

The Document Studio add-on helps you create personalized PDF documents from Google Sheets. You can generate invoices, certificates, agreements, offer letters, student ID cards and other documents in bulk and save them to Google Drive. Additionally, Document Studio now offers the option to protect the generated PDF documents with a password. This functionality is particularly valuable in scenarios where the generated documents contain sensitive information that require extra protection to stop unauthorized access. For instance, you may generate invoices, or financial reports and protect them wi ..read more

Imagine this scenario - your computer is connected to a Wi-Fi network but you do not remember the password that you previously used to connect to this particular WiFi network. Maybe you forgot the password over time, or perhaps the network administrator setup the Wi-Fi connection for you without providing the actual password to you. Now, you need to connect a second device, such as your mobile phone, to the same Wi-Fi network, but you’re unsure how to retrieve the password. Recover the Forgotten Wi-Fi Password In this situation, you may either request the password from the Wi-Fi owner or, a si ..read more

John is a public relations professional and he is often required you to send press releases and event invites to journalists, bloggers and influencers via email. Reaching out to individual journalists can be slow so how do you send the same email to multiple people in one go? Some people use the BCC option in Gmail - compose a single email, put email addresses of all recipients in the BCC field and hit send. That’s obviously the easiest option for sending bulk emails through Gmail but such generic email pitches are unlikely to get noticed. Send Email Pitches with Gmail In this tutorial, I’ll ..read more

Cake Studio is a local bakery that accepts orders through Google Forms. When a customer places an order, the customer automatically receives a UPI QR Code to make the payment. This QR Code is generated dynamically based on the order amount and the customer can pay the bill using any UPI app. In the above screenshot, the customer ordered a Butterscotch Cake through Google Form and they received a customized UPI QR Code that includes the exact bill amount. The amount is calculated automatically based on the selected items in the Google Form. Google Forms and UPI Payments This tutorial explains ..read more

You have a Google Form and you would like to send an auto-confirmation emails to the person as soon as they submit the form. The autoresponder email message can contain a custom note (like an acknowledgement saying that you have received their form entry)  and also a copy of the form answers that that they have submitted. These auto-responders are similar to canned responses in Gmail but for Google Forms. You may use the technique for sending welcome messages, acknowledge support requests, and more. Here’s a sample confirmation email that was sent throug ..read more

Google Forms are a perfect tool for creating online forms and surveys. The forms are responsive and mobile friendly, and they look beautiful as the color schemes and typography are based on Material design philosophy. Whether you need a basic Contact Me form to a more complex Event Registration form, there are readymade form templates to get you up and running in minutes. Google Forms offer several advantages. The form responses are automatically saved in a Google spreadsheet that can be easily exported to other formats like PDF or CSV.&nb ..read more

Google Secret Manager is a cloud service where you can store sensitive data such as passwords, database credentials, encryption keys or any other confidential information that you don’t want to hardcode in your application’s source code. You can also set up an expiration time for the secret and the Google Secret Manager will automatically delete the secret after the specified time. The following guide explains how you can use Google Apps Script to access secrets stored in the Google Secret Manager. But before we proceed, let’s first create a secret in the Google Secret Manager. Enable Google ..read more

When you create a Google Form, it is public by default meaning anyone who has the link to the form can submit a response. There forms, whether they are quizzes, polls or surveys, have no expiration date and they can collect unlimited number of responses until the form owner chooses to close it manually. However, there are scenarios when setting limits on Google Forms can be beneficial. For instance: Contests and Giveaways: Limit entries to a specific number, on a first-come, first-served basis, and close the form automatically. Event Registrations: Set a closing date and automatically close r ..read more