Custom first names

Sometimes, one wants to call someone by a nick name. E.g., one wants to call “Jennifer Muster” just “Jenny”. Sometimes, someone does not put his full first name in the email. E.g., “Adelinde Muster” has “a.muster@example.org”.

QuoteFixMacro supports that replacement. You have to use the registry keys at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\VB and VBA Program Settings\QuoteFixMacro\firstnames. The key Count states how many entries you made. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\VB and VBA Program Settings\QuoteFixMacro\firstnames\1 contains the first entry, ...\2 the second, and so on. At each entry, there are two keys: email stating the email to match and firstName the first name to use.

Step-by-step instruction

1. Open regedit
2. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\VB and VBA Program Settings\QuoteFixMacro
3. Create key firstnames
4. Create string (!) “Count” with value X, where X is the number of replacements you want to configure
5. Create key firstnames.1
6. Create string value email with the email you want to specify a first name for
7. Create string value firstName with the first name to be used
8. Repeat steps 5 to 7 until X is reached. Replace 1 at firstnames.1 by the appropriate number

Direct import using .reg files

Alternatively, create an example.reg file with following content and adapt it to your needs. Then double click on “example.reg” and import it into your registry. The distribution of QuoteFixMacro already contains an exampleFirstNameConfiguration.reg with the content below.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\VB and VBA Program Settings\QuoteFixMacro\firstnames]
"Count"="2"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\VB and VBA Program Settings\QuoteFixMacro\firstnames\1]
"email"="jennifer.muster@example.org"
"firstName"="Jenny"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\VB and VBA Program Settings\QuoteFixMacro\firstnames\2]
"email"="A.Muster@example.org"
"firstName"="Adelinde"

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