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Dave - 03 Dec 2003 05:49 GMT

With Word 2003, Access 2003. I'm using Word mailmerge to
create a catalog with an Access query as the datasource.
One of the fields in the Access query has the "Ole
Object" datatype and contains a GIF. After the merge,
the picture does not show up (some apparently random
letter/numbers show up in its place). Am I doing
something wrong?
Thanks!

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Cindy M -WordMVP- - 03 Dec 2003 18:16 GMT

Hi Dave,

> With Word 2003, Access 2003. I'm using Word mailmerge to
> create a catalog with an Access query as the datasource.
> One of the fields in the Access query has the "Ole
> Object" datatype and contains a GIF.

Word can't "read" the contents of an OLE field. You'll find
instructions for a way to use pictures in a mail merge in
the "Special Merges" section of my website's mail merge FAQ.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep
30 2003)
http://www.mvps.org/word

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