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?

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.

Does it make any difference if you uncheck Word Tools|Options|General|Web
Options|Files|Update Links on Save?

Peter Jamieson
"Ian Galletly" wrote in message
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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.