Format Image in Mail Merge with IncludePicture

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jessica@granum-inc.com - 10 Nov 2006 19:43 GMT

I'm merging an image into a Word document, and I would like it to
appear behind text. I can get the image reading into the main document
correctly, but when I manually click Format Picture > Layout > Behind
Text, things start to go wacky. Once I click OK, the image updates for
the first record, but hitting F9 on the second record doesn't update
the image. Word keeps the first picture for all of the records. I can
specify the formatting after I merge to a new document, but then I have
to do it manually for each image.

Is there a way to set the image to "behind text" during the merge?

I'm currently using { IncludePicture "R:\\Images\\{ MERGEFIELD Image }"
\d}

Thanks!!
-Jessica

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP - 11 Nov 2006 00:19 GMT

I believe that you will have to format each image after executing the merge
to a new document. You could however probably use a macro to do that for
you.

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> I'm merging an image into a Word document, and I would like it to
> appear behind text. I can get the image reading into the main document
[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]
> Thanks!!
> -Jessica

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