[IanG]

I am using Word 2003 to Merge records from Excel 2003. I have an excel column containing a Signature ID. In the merge document (Doc 1) I have the following field:-
{INCLUDEPICTURE "C:\\Temp\\Sig_{ MERGERFILED SIG_ID }.bmp" \* MERGERFORMAT }
Then the Doc 1 is merged to a new doc (Doc 2), all the output selected and the fields updated with F9. This works correctly in Word 97 and 2000 but not in Word 2003.
In Word 2003 you get whatever was currently visible in Doc 1 displayed throughout the Doc 2. If after opening Doc 1, I do not update the field (leaving the image placeholder blank), Doc 2 has blank fields throughout all records. If I step to record 3 in Doc 1, and update the Signature field so that the correct signature for the record is displayed, then the merged Doc 2 has record 3's signature throughout.
Just to confirm, if an identical document is created in Word 97 or 2000, the fields work perfectly.
Any Suggestions?

[IanG]

Further details

The actual path used was to a network drive, in further testing I found Word 2003 actually replaces the merge field in the path on saving if the path is local. Additionally the problem only occurs when the INCLUDEPICTURE is nested within an IF field. As a result I would now say the problem is that after the merge document has been produced, in 2003 the IF resolves to an imbeded image, rather than as previous version, resolving to in INCLUDEPICTURE field with the derived merged path.

Originally Posted by IanG

I am using Word 2003 to Merge records from Excel 2003. I have an excel column containing a Signature ID. In the merge document (Doc 1) I have the following field:-
{INCLUDEPICTURE "C:\\Temp\\Sig_{ MERGERFILED SIG_ID }.bmp" \* MERGERFORMAT }
Then the Doc 1 is merged to a new doc (Doc 2), all the output selected and the fields updated with F9. This works correctly in Word 97 and 2000 but not in Word 2003.
In Word 2003 you get whatever was currently visible in Doc 1 displayed throughout the Doc 2. If after opening Doc 1, I do not update the field (leaving the image placeholder blank), Doc 2 has blank fields throughout all records. If I step to record 3 in Doc 1, and update the Signature field so that the correct signature for the record is displayed, then the merged Doc 2 has record 3's signature throughout.
Just to confirm, if an identical document is created in Word 97 or 2000, the fields work perfectly.
Any Suggestions?