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Clint Marshall
 
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Default INCLUDETEXT File is Determined by Merge Field

I'm trying to create a Mail Merge where I get my merge fields from an
Access Query. I'm using Word XP and Access XP.
Several items that I want to merge are actually large sections of
"boilerplate" text that exist as their own Word Documents (picture a lease
with sections of boilerplate specific to each property being leased).
How can I specify in/to the merge which piece of boilerplate (which word
document) to merge in? The fields in Access could be text fields or
hyperlinks, of the form: "S:\Forms\Lease Forms\lsefrms\5MILK.DOC".
I've tried various formats, such as: "{INCLUDETEXT {MERGEFIELD
linktofile}\* MERGEFORMAT}", but get an error of: "Error! Filename not
specified.".
I used to do this with fields full of "If" statements in the merge
document, but this is what I'm trying to get away from by moving to an
Access Query. Is there any way to do a merge and include the contents of
another Word document?
Thank you for any thoughts!

-Clint Marshall



 
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