If the filename has spaces then the spaces must remain in the field.
Forget the merge for a moment.
Does {INCLUDETEXT "J:\\Dept\\staff\\2009\\letter_Page_3.doc"}
or
{INCLUDETEXT "J:\\Dept\\staff\\2009\\letter Page 3.doc"}
insert the document?
If it does not, check the path and filename are correct.
Once you have the insertion working, you can add the field to your merge
document
{IF {MERGEFIELD course} = "Course D" "{INCLUDETEXT
"J:\\Dept\\staff\\2009\\letter_Page_3.doc"}" ""}
Note that in the above which I have pasted from your question, you have
smart quotes around Course D. You need to change those for straight quotes
thus
{IF {MERGEFIELD course} = "Course D" "{INCLUDETEXT
"J:\\Dept\\staff\\2009\\letter_Page_3.doc"}" ""}
Your next page break needs to go inside the quotes around the Includetext
field
"HERE{INCLUDETEXT "J:\\Dept\\staff\\2009\\letter_Page_3.doc"}OR HERE" ""}
You may also need to merge to a new document and update the fields in that
new document in order to display the inserted document.
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Nicole Knapp wrote:
I have read this entire thread with interest because I am trying to do
something similar, though more simple.
I have a document that uses a mail merge. I created the IF
statement, with the INSERTTEXT field and a next page break. But it
will not open the file.
The file is buried pretty deep on a network server - but in the same
folder as the original document.
Both documents and folders leading to the documents have spaces in
their filenames. I tried replacing the spaces with underscores - but
no luck.
This is my statement:
{IF {MERGEFIELD course} = "Course D" "{INCLUDETEXT
"J:\\Dept\\staff\\2009\\letter_Page_3.doc"}" ""}
I am using the letter drive, not the network drive name.
Thanks
Nik