[Russell Campbell]

I was on http://word.mvps.org/FAQS/MailMerge/...AMailMerge.htm where
there is some info on conditionally inserting an image into a document.
Unfortunately, I am not having much success with what it says should work.

Specifically, it says use something like this:

{ IF { MERGEFIELD FirstName } "" { INCLUDEPICTURE "C:\\Temp\\Logo.tif" \d
\* MERGEFORMAT } "" }

But it will not display the graphic and it seems to sometimes mangle my
entries (for instance, I close the document and bring it up later and it has
changed what I entered).

My statement was:

{ IF { MERGEFIELD msdsmfg } = 1 {INCLUDEPICTURE "c:\\msds\\test.bmp" \d \*
MERGEFORMAT } "" }



But Word alters it and later I get:



{ IF { MERGEFIELD msdsmfg } = 1 {INCLUDEPICTURE "../../../..msds\\test.bmp"
\* MERGEFORMAT \d } "" }



Not sure why that is and really don't care as long as this will work, but it
does not. Any help would be appreciated.



Russell Campbell

[Graham Mayor]

Try - Tools options general web options files uncheck update links
on save.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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



Russell Campbell wrote:
I was on http://word.mvps.org/FAQS/MailMerge/...AMailMerge.htm
where there is some info on conditionally inserting an image into a
document. Unfortunately, I am not having much success with what it
says should work.
Specifically, it says use something like this:

{ IF { MERGEFIELD FirstName } "" { INCLUDEPICTURE
"C:\\Temp\\Logo.tif" \d \* MERGEFORMAT } "" }

But it will not display the graphic and it seems to sometimes mangle
my entries (for instance, I close the document and bring it up later
and it has changed what I entered).

My statement was:

{ IF { MERGEFIELD msdsmfg } = 1 {INCLUDEPICTURE "c:\\msds\\test.bmp"
\d \* MERGEFORMAT } "" }



But Word alters it and later I get:



{ IF { MERGEFIELD msdsmfg } = 1 {INCLUDEPICTURE
"../../../..msds\\test.bmp" \* MERGEFORMAT \d } "" }



Not sure why that is and really don't care as long as this will work,
but it does not. Any help would be appreciated.



Russell Campbell

[Russell Campbell]

Thanks. I'll check that out. I'm making progress. It seems that it is
necessary to use F9 to update or this just doesn't work as expected. I have
to do some testing in a real document - only been using a little test doc so
far - then I have to see if I can write a macro to make the necessary
changes in hundreds of existing docs.

"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
Try - Tools options general web options files uncheck update
links on save.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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



Russell Campbell wrote:
I was on http://word.mvps.org/FAQS/MailMerge/...AMailMerge.htm
where there is some info on conditionally inserting an image into a
document. Unfortunately, I am not having much success with what it
says should work.
Specifically, it says use something like this:

{ IF { MERGEFIELD FirstName } "" { INCLUDEPICTURE
"C:\\Temp\\Logo.tif" \d \* MERGEFORMAT } "" }

But it will not display the graphic and it seems to sometimes mangle
my entries (for instance, I close the document and bring it up later
and it has changed what I entered).

My statement was:

{ IF { MERGEFIELD msdsmfg } = 1 {INCLUDEPICTURE "c:\\msds\\test.bmp"
\d \* MERGEFORMAT } "" }



But Word alters it and later I get:



{ IF { MERGEFIELD msdsmfg } = 1 {INCLUDEPICTURE
"../../../..msds\\test.bmp" \* MERGEFORMAT \d } "" }



Not sure why that is and really don't care as long as this will work,
but it does not. Any help would be appreciated.



Russell Campbell

[Graham Mayor]

When merging graphics you need to merge to a new document then update the
fields in that document - 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


Russell Campbell wrote:
Thanks. I'll check that out. I'm making progress. It seems that it
is necessary to use F9 to update or this just doesn't work as
expected. I have to do some testing in a real document - only been
using a little test doc so far - then I have to see if I can write a
macro to make the necessary changes in hundreds of existing docs.

"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
Try - Tools options general web options files uncheck
update links on save.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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



Russell Campbell wrote:
I was on http://word.mvps.org/FAQS/MailMerge/...AMailMerge.htm
where there is some info on conditionally inserting an image into a
document. Unfortunately, I am not having much success with what it
says should work.
Specifically, it says use something like this:

{ IF { MERGEFIELD FirstName } "" { INCLUDEPICTURE
"C:\\Temp\\Logo.tif" \d \* MERGEFORMAT } "" }

But it will not display the graphic and it seems to sometimes mangle
my entries (for instance, I close the document and bring it up later
and it has changed what I entered).

My statement was:

{ IF { MERGEFIELD msdsmfg } = 1 {INCLUDEPICTURE "c:\\msds\\test.bmp"
\d \* MERGEFORMAT } "" }



But Word alters it and later I get:



{ IF { MERGEFIELD msdsmfg } = 1 {INCLUDEPICTURE
"../../../..msds\\test.bmp" \* MERGEFORMAT \d } "" }



Not sure why that is and really don't care as long as this will
work, but it does not. Any help would be appreciated.



Russell Campbell

[Russell Campbell]

Thanks again. I went to your site to look around and found some helpful
information and to Cindy Meister's site. I think some of the issues I'm
having are related to using Excel as a data source. I'm wondering if a text
file would be better. What can you tell me about that?

"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
When merging graphics you need to merge to a new document then update the
fields in that document - 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


Russell Campbell wrote:
Thanks. I'll check that out. I'm making progress. It seems that it
is necessary to use F9 to update or this just doesn't work as
expected. I have to do some testing in a real document - only been
using a little test doc so far - then I have to see if I can write a
macro to make the necessary changes in hundreds of existing docs.

"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
Try - Tools options general web options files uncheck
update links on save.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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



Russell Campbell wrote:
I was on http://word.mvps.org/FAQS/MailMerge/...AMailMerge.htm
where there is some info on conditionally inserting an image into a
document. Unfortunately, I am not having much success with what it
says should work.
Specifically, it says use something like this:

{ IF { MERGEFIELD FirstName } "" { INCLUDEPICTURE
"C:\\Temp\\Logo.tif" \d \* MERGEFORMAT } "" }

But it will not display the graphic and it seems to sometimes mangle
my entries (for instance, I close the document and bring it up later
and it has changed what I entered).

My statement was:

{ IF { MERGEFIELD msdsmfg } = 1 {INCLUDEPICTURE "c:\\msds\\test.bmp"
\d \* MERGEFORMAT } "" }



But Word alters it and later I get:



{ IF { MERGEFIELD msdsmfg } = 1 {INCLUDEPICTURE
"../../../..msds\\test.bmp" \* MERGEFORMAT \d } "" }



Not sure why that is and really don't care as long as this will
work, but it does not. Any help would be appreciated.



Russell Campbell

[Graham Mayor]

The Excel data source should not be an issue provided its use produces the
correct filename and path - however the conditional field may be - see the
workaround at http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm
(Conditionally Insert a Graphical Image)

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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


Russell Campbell wrote:
Thanks again. I went to your site to look around and found some
helpful information and to Cindy Meister's site. I think some of the
issues I'm having are related to using Excel as a data source. I'm
wondering if a text file would be better. What can you tell me about
that?
"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
When merging graphics you need to merge to a new document then
update the fields in that document - 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


Russell Campbell wrote:
Thanks. I'll check that out. I'm making progress. It seems that
it is necessary to use F9 to update or this just doesn't work as
expected. I have to do some testing in a real document - only been
using a little test doc so far - then I have to see if I can write a
macro to make the necessary changes in hundreds of existing docs.

"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
Try - Tools options general web options files uncheck
update links on save.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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



Russell Campbell wrote:
I was on http://word.mvps.org/FAQS/MailMerge/...AMailMerge.htm
where there is some info on conditionally inserting an image into
a document. Unfortunately, I am not having much success with what
it says should work.
Specifically, it says use something like this:

{ IF { MERGEFIELD FirstName } "" { INCLUDEPICTURE
"C:\\Temp\\Logo.tif" \d \* MERGEFORMAT } "" }

But it will not display the graphic and it seems to sometimes
mangle my entries (for instance, I close the document and bring
it up later and it has changed what I entered).

My statement was:

{ IF { MERGEFIELD msdsmfg } = 1 {INCLUDEPICTURE
"c:\\msds\\test.bmp" \d \* MERGEFORMAT } "" }



But Word alters it and later I get:



{ IF { MERGEFIELD msdsmfg } = 1 {INCLUDEPICTURE
"../../../..msds\\test.bmp" \* MERGEFORMAT \d } "" }



Not sure why that is and really don't care as long as this will
work, but it does not. Any help would be appreciated.



Russell Campbell