Hello there,

I've got a mail merge which needs a different bitmap dependant on which
country the letter is being sent to. Is this possible, and if so how?

Thanks in advance for your help,

Kamitsukenu

See http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_graphics.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Kamitsukenu wrote:
Hello there,

I've got a mail merge which needs a different bitmap dependant on
which country the letter is being sent to. Is this possible, and if
so how?

Thanks in advance for your help,

Kamitsukenu

Brilliant; thanks for your help!

Kamitsukenu

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

See http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_graphics.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Kamitsukenu wrote:
Hello there,

I've got a mail merge which needs a different bitmap dependant on
which country the letter is being sent to. Is this possible, and if
so how?

Thanks in advance for your help,

Kamitsukenu

[Alistair Thomas]

I've followed the information you've provided both here and on your personal
site to create a merge document that successfully uses images from a location
on my D-Drive. Thank you for the help - I wish Word did this more intuitively
as this is n obvious thing to want to do (I'll look for it in Word 2007).

My problem is that if I use a location on my C-Drive, it creates new merged
documents that display images correctly, but when I save the merged document
itself, it replaces the path with a series of "../../../../../../" and I
think it replaces the merge field with its value and appends "\*MERGEFORMAT"
to the end of the line. References the D-Drive work fine. Once the field has
been smashed, using 'Undo' offers to 'Undo Link Update'. I've looked for ways
to turn off link updates on save but can't find anything. Why should
references to the C-Drive behave differently from any others?

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

See http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_graphics.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Kamitsukenu wrote:
Hello there,

I've got a mail merge which needs a different bitmap dependant on
which country the letter is being sent to. Is this possible, and if
so how?

Thanks in advance for your help,

Kamitsukenu

[Graham Mayor]

I have not noticed this - maybe because I store only applications on my C
drive and all my data on the D drive? However, see if tools options
general web options files uncheck 'Update Links on Save' helps?

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Alistair Thomas wrote:
I've followed the information you've provided both here and on your
personal site to create a merge document that successfully uses
images from a location on my D-Drive. Thank you for the help - I wish
Word did this more intuitively as this is n obvious thing to want to
do (I'll look for it in Word 2007).

My problem is that if I use a location on my C-Drive, it creates new
merged documents that display images correctly, but when I save the
merged document itself, it replaces the path with a series of
"../../../../../../" and I think it replaces the merge field with its
value and appends "\*MERGEFORMAT" to the end of the line. References
the D-Drive work fine. Once the field has been smashed, using 'Undo'
offers to 'Undo Link Update'. I've looked for ways to turn off link
updates on save but can't find anything. Why should references to the
C-Drive behave differently from any others?

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

See http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_graphics.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Kamitsukenu wrote:
Hello there,

I've got a mail merge which needs a different bitmap dependant on
which country the letter is being sent to. Is this possible, and if
so how?

Thanks in advance for your help,

Kamitsukenu

[Alistair Thomas]

Hi Graham, that nailed it, thanks.

Why updating links on save is buried in 'Web Options' when there is a
perfectly good tab called 'Save' with its own options is beyond me, as is why
updating links should corrupt references to the C-Drive only.

Thousands of man-years of development, I suppose you have to expect some
oddities. All I can say, is thank goodness for folks with encyclopaedic
knowledge of these complex apps. Much appreciated.

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

I have not noticed this - maybe because I store only applications on my C
drive and all my data on the D drive? However, see if tools options
general web options files uncheck 'Update Links on Save' helps?

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Alistair Thomas wrote:
I've followed the information you've provided both here and on your
personal site to create a merge document that successfully uses
images from a location on my D-Drive. Thank you for the help - I wish
Word did this more intuitively as this is n obvious thing to want to
do (I'll look for it in Word 2007).

My problem is that if I use a location on my C-Drive, it creates new
merged documents that display images correctly, but when I save the
merged document itself, it replaces the path with a series of
"../../../../../../" and I think it replaces the merge field with its
value and appends "\*MERGEFORMAT" to the end of the line. References
the D-Drive work fine. Once the field has been smashed, using 'Undo'
offers to 'Undo Link Update'. I've looked for ways to turn off link
updates on save but can't find anything. Why should references to the
C-Drive behave differently from any others?

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

See http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_graphics.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Kamitsukenu wrote:
Hello there,

I've got a mail merge which needs a different bitmap dependant on
which country the letter is being sent to. Is this possible, and if
so how?

Thanks in advance for your help,

Kamitsukenu

[Graham Mayor]

Thanks for the confirmation.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Alistair Thomas wrote:
Hi Graham, that nailed it, thanks.

Why updating links on save is buried in 'Web Options' when there is a
perfectly good tab called 'Save' with its own options is beyond me,
as is why updating links should corrupt references to the C-Drive
only.

Thousands of man-years of development, I suppose you have to expect
some oddities. All I can say, is thank goodness for folks with
encyclopaedic knowledge of these complex apps. Much appreciated.

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

I have not noticed this - maybe because I store only applications on
my C drive and all my data on the D drive? However, see if tools
options general web options files uncheck 'Update Links on
Save' helps?

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Alistair Thomas wrote:
I've followed the information you've provided both here and on your
personal site to create a merge document that successfully uses
images from a location on my D-Drive. Thank you for the help - I
wish Word did this more intuitively as this is n obvious thing to
want to do (I'll look for it in Word 2007).

My problem is that if I use a location on my C-Drive, it creates new
merged documents that display images correctly, but when I save the
merged document itself, it replaces the path with a series of
"../../../../../../" and I think it replaces the merge field with
its value and appends "\*MERGEFORMAT" to the end of the line.
References the D-Drive work fine. Once the field has been smashed,
using 'Undo' offers to 'Undo Link Update'. I've looked for ways to
turn off link updates on save but can't find anything. Why should
references to the C-Drive behave differently from any others?

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

See http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_graphics.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Kamitsukenu wrote:
Hello there,

I've got a mail merge which needs a different bitmap dependant on
which country the letter is being sent to. Is this possible, and
if so how?

Thanks in advance for your help,

Kamitsukenu