I am having a problem getting pictures included a document header via a
merge variable to display and print.
The text in the document template is as follows:
{ IncludePicture "{MERGEFIELD LOC_PICTURE }" }

MailMerge with a destination wdSendToNewDocument, which works fine.
At this stage, I would like to automatically insert an index for this
600 page catalog ...

Hi to all,
I have got an VB 6.0 application that uses word 2000 and dynamically
generates a document using mail merge. Actually this VB 6.0 generates a
text file with "~" as column delimeter. and there was an header file

Hello, I'm doing a MailMerge from within an access application using code.  
How do close the original document after running the execute statement that
opens my second word document.  I want to close the original
document(MasterTest.doc) with no prompts to user but keep the new ...

I would like to use an IF statement for a merged field but cannot seem to get
it right.
I would like to say
IF DATE_OF_HIRE is < 1/1/05 then 01/01/2005 else use the data thats in the

We're using Office 2003 Professional.  What we want to do is merge letters
out to Word from a Contacts Defined view in Outlook.  
Our desire is to populate the letter with both Contact data, Name Home
Address, etc. and Appointment data, Start, End, Location.  I've associated

I just switched to 2003, and mailmerge is all goofy. My main files open to
the last record I selected when I ran the form in Word 2000, and it seems
that I can only get the whole list back by reconnecting to the database
files. How do you go about reopening the database to all ...

To adjust my ToC, I would like to set Format to "Distinctive" instead
of "From template" in a macro ...
The macro recorder does not seem to be of assistance ...
Thanks a lot fot all your hints.

Word 2003, Outlook 2003.  The central repository of our contact information
is in Outlook Contacts.  I need to be able to mail merge from these contacts
much in the same way I would from an Access database.  I need to be able to
query the contacts by Category, and by other fields ...

I have a mailmerge doc (2003) which datasource is a parameter query.  The
user is suppose to input their initials.  When I open the doc I get a this
message "Dailog or dataengine failure".  Can someone help?
If I remove the parameter from the query then I can open the doc with no

I'm doing a mail merge in Word, but want to insert another file that is
dependent upon a mail merge field.  For example, I want to insert a picture
of a person, where the picture is saved using the person's name and that is
in the Excel file I'm using in the mail merge.

How far down from the top do you put the date? How many lines down is the
address block? salutation? body of the letter? signature?

Is it technically possible to add a value to a merged data ?
Let's say add 10 months to a date retrieved from a merged data or a
number to another merge data.
If yes, how do I do this ?

how can I insert multiple blank rows in an existing table without entering
one by one?

I seem to have lost the Address List dialog box!
When I use the Edit Recipient List link, click on the Edit button nothing
happens.  I believe I should get the Address List dialog box but nothing
appears, is there something wrong with my copy of Word 2003.