[Robert_L_Ross]

I've read up on some other suggestions and the replys either didn't work or
did not actually address the question I asked.

I'm trying to set up a Mail Merge document that can bring in a graphic file
located in a separate location. The graphic needs to be 'on top of' another
graphic located in the Mail Merge document. The only way I know how to do
this is to insert a text box 'on top of' the original background graphic,
then put the merged image in the text box. Problem is, this doesn't work for
me...this is what I did:

Graphic files are .jpg's and saved to c:\graphics.
Mail Merge data is in an Excel spreadsheet.

I have a word doc...I've added a text box over a picture, then done the
following in the text box:
Ctrl+f9 (got the braces {})
typed:
INCLUDEPICTURE "C:\\GRAPHICS\\
Ctrl+f9 (got the 2nd set of braces{})
typed:
MERGEFIELD PIC
used the right arrow to get outside of the first set of braces
typed:
..jpg"

My final statement looks like this:
{INCLUDEPICTURE "C:\\GRAPHICS\\{MERGEFIELD PIC}.JPG"}

The Pic field on my Excel mail merge record file contains just the file name
I want to bring in - WomanDLPicLg or ManDLPicLg.

When I leave the field, I can see it when I toggle the field codes on, but
when they are off I don't see the field.

I save the document, then merge to a new document and get an error:
"Word found locked fields during the update. Word cannot update locked
fields."

Any idea what I'm doing wrong? Or better yet, is there some other way to
get the graphic to appear 'on top of' another graphic? (I was told text boxes
were unreliable, but the links given to make it work had nothing to do with
an alternative).

It should be noted that I tried this on another blank mail merge document
NOT using text boxes and it also does not bring in the graphic, but does not
display any locked field error.

Thanks guys (and ladies)!