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Missing Images when Mail Merging
I have a template which creates a mail merge to a new document automatically.
There are only two fields in the merge. Product Name and Image Name. Everything works beautifully except that the images don't display. I see the image frame with the sizing handles, but no image. I have two macros. One that run in the DocumentNew that performs the merge. A second macro runs after that to basically do Ctrl+A and F9. However, this doesn't seem to do the trick. There are approximately 72 images with a size of about 200 pixels wide each. The resolution of the images is 100 dpi. I am working in Word 2000 and have the following options: View Placeholders -- OFF Print Drawings -- ON Include with Document Drawing Objects -- ON I do lots of work with images and haven't had a problem with any other document. Any help is greatly welcome. TIA, Gilley |
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Assuming you are using a nested field such as
{ INCLUDEPICTURE "c:\\myimages\\{ MERGEFIELD "Image Name" }" } have you checked to ensure thata there are no additional spaces in the pathname, e.g. { INCLUDEPICTURE "c:\\myimages\\ { MERGEFIELD "Image Name" }" } ? For some reason it seems easy to introduce one by accident when constructing this kind of field. Peter Jamieson "Gilley" wrote in message ... I have a template which creates a mail merge to a new document automatically. There are only two fields in the merge. Product Name and Image Name. Everything works beautifully except that the images don't display. I see the image frame with the sizing handles, but no image. I have two macros. One that run in the DocumentNew that performs the merge. A second macro runs after that to basically do Ctrl+A and F9. However, this doesn't seem to do the trick. There are approximately 72 images with a size of about 200 pixels wide each. The resolution of the images is 100 dpi. I am working in Word 2000 and have the following options: View Placeholders -- OFF Print Drawings -- ON Include with Document Drawing Objects -- ON I do lots of work with images and haven't had a problem with any other document. Any help is greatly welcome. TIA, Gilley |
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Peter,
Thanks for the reply. I am what you might call particular about my file and directory names. I never use spaces just for this reason. I prefer TitleCase or Camel directory and file names. Here is the includepicture merge field: { includepicture "\\welton1\\sys\\maint\\web\\imagesspecsschematics logosremotes\\icons(smallimages)\\{mergefield icon_file_name}} I am getting a box that is the right size for the images. The box also has the sizing handles. It is just the images don't display. Thanks again, Gilley "Peter Jamieson" wrote: Assuming you are using a nested field such as { INCLUDEPICTURE "c:\\myimages\\{ MERGEFIELD "Image Name" }" } have you checked to ensure thata there are no additional spaces in the pathname, e.g. { INCLUDEPICTURE "c:\\myimages\\ { MERGEFIELD "Image Name" }" } ? For some reason it seems easy to introduce one by accident when constructing this kind of field. Peter Jamieson "Gilley" wrote in message ... I have a template which creates a mail merge to a new document automatically. There are only two fields in the merge. Product Name and Image Name. Everything works beautifully except that the images don't display. I see the image frame with the sizing handles, but no image. I have two macros. One that run in the DocumentNew that performs the merge. A second macro runs after that to basically do Ctrl+A and F9. However, this doesn't seem to do the trick. There are approximately 72 images with a size of about 200 pixels wide each. The resolution of the images is 100 dpi. I am working in Word 2000 and have the following options: View Placeholders -- OFF Print Drawings -- ON Include with Document Drawing Objects -- ON I do lots of work with images and haven't had a problem with any other document. Any help is greatly welcome. TIA, Gilley |
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PROBLEM SOLVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It seems my problem was in the way I was using the relative directory path to my network. I was using ... \\welton1\\sys\\maint\\web ... When pathing to a network, you need four back slashes (\\\\). My path should have read ... \\\\welton1\\sys\maint\\web ... Thanks for you help Peter. You started me looking in the right direction for the issue. I hope this post saves other from the same frustration I had. Regards, Gilley "Gilley" wrote: Peter, Thanks for the reply. I am what you might call particular about my file and directory names. I never use spaces just for this reason. I prefer TitleCase or Camel directory and file names. Here is the includepicture merge field: { includepicture "\\welton1\\sys\\maint\\web\\imagesspecsschematics logosremotes\\icons(smallimages)\\{mergefield icon_file_name}} I am getting a box that is the right size for the images. The box also has the sizing handles. It is just the images don't display. Thanks again, Gilley "Peter Jamieson" wrote: Assuming you are using a nested field such as { INCLUDEPICTURE "c:\\myimages\\{ MERGEFIELD "Image Name" }" } have you checked to ensure thata there are no additional spaces in the pathname, e.g. { INCLUDEPICTURE "c:\\myimages\\ { MERGEFIELD "Image Name" }" } ? For some reason it seems easy to introduce one by accident when constructing this kind of field. Peter Jamieson "Gilley" wrote in message ... I have a template which creates a mail merge to a new document automatically. There are only two fields in the merge. Product Name and Image Name. Everything works beautifully except that the images don't display. I see the image frame with the sizing handles, but no image. I have two macros. One that run in the DocumentNew that performs the merge. A second macro runs after that to basically do Ctrl+A and F9. However, this doesn't seem to do the trick. There are approximately 72 images with a size of about 200 pixels wide each. The resolution of the images is 100 dpi. I am working in Word 2000 and have the following options: View Placeholders -- OFF Print Drawings -- ON Include with Document Drawing Objects -- ON I do lots of work with images and haven't had a problem with any other document. Any help is greatly welcome. TIA, Gilley |
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Glad you found it. Yes, I've missed that one too!
Peter Jamieson "Gilley" wrote in message ... PROBLEM SOLVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It seems my problem was in the way I was using the relative directory path to my network. I was using ... \\welton1\\sys\\maint\\web ... When pathing to a network, you need four back slashes (\\\\). My path should have read ... \\\\welton1\\sys\maint\\web ... Thanks for you help Peter. You started me looking in the right direction for the issue. I hope this post saves other from the same frustration I had. Regards, Gilley "Gilley" wrote: Peter, Thanks for the reply. I am what you might call particular about my file and directory names. I never use spaces just for this reason. I prefer TitleCase or Camel directory and file names. Here is the includepicture merge field: { includepicture "\\welton1\\sys\\maint\\web\\imagesspecsschematics logosremotes\\icons(smallimages)\\{mergefield icon_file_name}} I am getting a box that is the right size for the images. The box also has the sizing handles. It is just the images don't display. Thanks again, Gilley "Peter Jamieson" wrote: Assuming you are using a nested field such as { INCLUDEPICTURE "c:\\myimages\\{ MERGEFIELD "Image Name" }" } have you checked to ensure thata there are no additional spaces in the pathname, e.g. { INCLUDEPICTURE "c:\\myimages\\ { MERGEFIELD "Image Name" }" } ? For some reason it seems easy to introduce one by accident when constructing this kind of field. Peter Jamieson "Gilley" wrote in message ... I have a template which creates a mail merge to a new document automatically. There are only two fields in the merge. Product Name and Image Name. Everything works beautifully except that the images don't display. I see the image frame with the sizing handles, but no image. I have two macros. One that run in the DocumentNew that performs the merge. A second macro runs after that to basically do Ctrl+A and F9. However, this doesn't seem to do the trick. There are approximately 72 images with a size of about 200 pixels wide each. The resolution of the images is 100 dpi. I am working in Word 2000 and have the following options: View Placeholders -- OFF Print Drawings -- ON Include with Document Drawing Objects -- ON I do lots of work with images and haven't had a problem with any other document. Any help is greatly welcome. TIA, Gilley |
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