I'm trying to merge a number of unique "tif" images and corresponding
records from an Access database into a mail merge document.. The
images to the corresponding "tifs" are stored on a network drive. The
"tif's" are all different and uniquly named. The full paths are
stored in the document.
The problem is in the update of the field:
I have written the folowing,
{If {mergefield "graphic"}<> "" "{ INCLUDEPICTURE "../MPP/Certificates/
{mergefield "graphic"}" \d }" "WE ARE MISSING A GRAPHIC HERE" }
All the merge fields for the address works on the front of the sheet,
the graphic will not update; it keeps the original graphic from the
time it was last updated.
I can go into the above logic and click on the field "graphic" and
right mouse click and do a "update", this will then update the image.
I can not do this on 500 records each day.
I have insured all my settings are to refresh and update in word .
If I convert all the images into word and use a bookmark for each
unique document, this will work seems at waste of time when a merge
should update.
Doug Robbins - Word MVP - 02 May 2007 18:34 GMT
You need to execute the merge to a new document and then use Ctrl+A to
select everything and then F9 to update the fields in the document.
Alternatively, there is an add-in available for a free trial from
http://onmerge.com:80/ that claims to take care of that for you.

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> I'm trying to merge a number of unique "tif" images and corresponding
> records from an Access database into a mail merge document.. The
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> unique document, this will work seems at waste of time when a merge
> should update.