includepicture merge failure

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- 25 Jun 2004 15:43 GMT

I am doing a merge with pictures. I have used the
icludepicture mergecode and then inserted the mergefield
where the file name goes (pictures location is in a
database) and this works ... until I save the file.

Then the mergefield is converted to an abbreviation of
the last file merged and won't merge any more.

Anybody know if this bug has been fixed?

thanks
.

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Cindy M -WordMVP- - 26 Jun 2004 15:02 GMT

> I am doing a merge with pictures. I have used the
> icludepicture mergecode and then inserted the mergefield
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> Then the mergefield is converted to an abbreviation of
> the last file merged and won't merge any more.

Which version of Word are we dealing with?

Some versions are more lenient in this respect than others.
You might try
- execute the merge with the field codes still
displayed
- lock the field so that it can't update by selecting,
then pressing Ctrl+F11
- next time you open the document, select the field
again and press Ctrl+Shift+F11 to unlock

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update
Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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