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Inserting variable images into a mail merge
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 |
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Inserting variable images into a mail merge
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 |
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Inserting variable images into a mail merge
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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