Sub Merge_To_Individual_Files()
' Merges one record at a time to the folder containing the mailmerge main document.
' Based on: https://www.msofficeforums.com/mail-merge/21803-mailmerge-tips-tricks.html
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Dim StrFolder As String, StrName As String, MainDoc As Document, i As Long, j As Long, Tbl As Table
Const StrNoChr As String = """*./\:?|"
Set MainDoc = ActiveDocument
With MainDoc
  StrFolder = .Path & Application.PathSeparator
  For i = 1 To .MailMerge.DataSource.RecordCount
    With .MailMerge
      .Destination = wdSendToNewDocument
      .SuppressBlankLines = True
      With .DataSource
        .FirstRecord = i
        .LastRecord = i
        .ActiveRecord = i
        If Trim(.DataFields("Contact1")) = "" Then Exit For
        StrName = .DataFields("Contact1")
      End With
      .Execute Pause:=False
    End With
      For j = 1 To Len(StrNoChr)
        StrName = Replace(StrName, Mid(StrNoChr, j, 1), "_")
      Next
    StrName = "Letter1 - " & Trim(StrName)
    With ActiveDocument
      For Each Tbl In .Tables
        With Tbl
          For j = .Rows.Count To 1 Step -1
            If Trim(Split(.Cell(j, 1).Range.Text, vbCr)(0)) = "$" Then .Rows(j).Delete
          Next
        End With
      Next
      .SaveAs FileName:=StrFolder & StrName & ".docx", FileFormat:=wdFormatXMLDocument, AddToRecentFiles:=False
      ' and/or:
      .SaveAs FileName:=StrFolder & StrName & ".pdf", FileFormat:=wdFormatPDF, AddToRecentFiles:=False
      .Close SaveChanges:=False
    End With
  Next i
End With
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub