[LAR]

I am now trying to use the INCLUDEPICTURE field to insert pictures into my
mail merge document. I would like to be able to merge pictures into the
document that are in the same folder as the main document. Here is what I
have tried and seen.

I have successfully merged the pictures by using the entire path to the
picture using something like {INCLUDE PICTURE "C:/temp/{MERGEFIELD
picname}.jpg" \* MERGEFORMAT}. However, I want to be able to use the
"current folder" to merge the pictures from.

I have tried {INCLUDE PICTURE "{MERGEFIELD picname}.jpg" \* MERGEFORMAT}
only to find that WORD uses the DOCUMENTS path (Tools:ptions::file
locations::documents) as the path for the merged files. I know this because
I have moved some of the pictures into the DOCUMENTS path folder and only the
pictures that I move there appear in the merged document.

I tried to use a relative path with things like {INCLUDE PICTURE
"../{MERGEFIELD picname}.jpg" \* MERGEFORMAT} with no luck.

I've looked at all the VBA examples for AutoOpen but could find nothing the
TEMPORAIRLY changed the DOCUMENTS path to that of the source (main) document.

So now, here I am again, asking how to accomplish what seems like a simple
task (merge the pictures in the current folder into my document) that I can't
seem to figure out for myself.

Thanks in advance for any thoughts for ideas.

LAR