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chad - 30 May 2004 22:06 GMT

I set up a mail merge and followed cindy's instructions on pictures, but everytime I try to refresh, or update the pictures with Alt-A and then F9 it gets very slooooowww. I'm only merging 18 records and have 1GB ram, so i'm surprised it's taking so long. I gave up after 30minutes. I'm using this code

{ includepicture "C:\\folder\\ {MERGEFIELD M_EMP_ID }.jpg"

The first page of the document imports the picture correclty, but it keeps re-seleting the document and doesn't seem to stop. Any suggestions

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Cindy M -WordMVP- - 31 May 2004 09:03 GMT

Hi =?Utf-8?B?Y2hhZA==?=,

> I set up a mail merge and followed cindy's instructions on pictures, but everytime I try to refresh, or update the pictures with Alt-A and then F9 it gets very slooooowww.

I'm only merging 18 records and have 1GB ram, so i'm surprised it's taking so long. I
gave up after 30minutes. I'm using this code:

>
> { includepicture "C:\\folder\\ {MERGEFIELD M_EMP_ID }.jpg" }
>
> The first page of the document imports the picture correclty, but it keeps re-seleting the document and doesn't seem to stop.

Well, it should be Ctrl+A, not Alt+A. Assuming this was just a typo... Also, there
shouldn't be a space between the \\ and the mergefield.

Certainly, it shouldn't keep selecting the document. Since you have only 18 records, how
about just going to each picture, individually, clicking on it and pressing F9 to force
the update? Does that work OK?

Note: Ctrl+A = Edit/Select All; F9 = update all selected fields. Possibly, this document
has other fields, as well, that are slowing things down?

The other possibilities that come to mind that could be interfering:
- a macro that this key combination is executing
- the document is damaged

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

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