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Trouble with emailmerge and images
Hi and thank you in advance for your excelent advice.
I'm trying to create an e-mail Merge that includes different pictures for every recipient. I am using the IncludePicture field, but all recipients get the same image. This is how I set up the field: {IncludePicture {MERGEFIELD "IMAGE2"}} Where "Image2" is the name of the column that includes the complete path (including "\\") to the desired image for each recipient. When I merge into a new document and update, the merge works fine. It only fails when I merge to e-mail recipients. Also, sometimes, when I save the Main Merge Document, the {MERGEFIELD "IMAGE2"} link is removed and replaced by a link to one image. Could you help me? I thank you in advance, Alberto Cattan |
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Trouble with emailmerge and images
Sounds like you are going to have to merge to a new document, update the
fields in that document and then split it into individual documents and then email those as attachments to a mail merge. See the article "Mail Merge to E-mail with Attachments" at http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MailMerge/...ttachments.htm and for splitting the mail merge, See the "Individual Merge Letters" item on fellow MVP Graham Mayor's website at: http://www.gmayor.com/individual_merge_letters.htm -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "Albert" wrote in message ... Hi and thank you in advance for your excelent advice. I'm trying to create an e-mail Merge that includes different pictures for every recipient. I am using the IncludePicture field, but all recipients get the same image. This is how I set up the field: {IncludePicture {MERGEFIELD "IMAGE2"}} Where "Image2" is the name of the column that includes the complete path (including "\\") to the desired image for each recipient. When I merge into a new document and update, the merge works fine. It only fails when I merge to e-mail recipients. Also, sometimes, when I save the Main Merge Document, the {MERGEFIELD "IMAGE2"} link is removed and replaced by a link to one image. Could you help me? I thank you in advance, Alberto Cattan |
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Trouble with emailmerge and images
Ok, thanks, I'll give it a shot. However, that seems to be something that
needs to be fixed by microsoft, doesn't it? Doesn't sound right that the e-mail merges do not update each field automatically. Albert |
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Trouble with emailmerge and images
Somebody's been paying attention: if you're using Word XP or better, you
might want to try a recent Word add-in which does away with all the Ctrl-A F9 stuff and lets you merge images straight to e-mail or the printer. It even has a GUI, so no more IncludePicture coding! The company's at www.onmerge.com "Albert" wrote: Ok, thanks, I'll give it a shot. However, that seems to be something that needs to be fixed by microsoft, doesn't it? Doesn't sound right that the e-mail merges do not update each field automatically. Albert |
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Trouble with emailmerge and images
Its nice that they payed attention, but it's not too nice that they're
charging for it. They should give it to me free! After all, it was my idea!!!! |
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Trouble with emailmerge and images
I think the company's been selling that add-in for about a year, so maybe
they've been listening... to a psychic! "Albert" wrote: Its nice that they payed attention, but it's not too nice that they're charging for it. They should give it to me free! After all, it was my idea!!!! |