Re: merge a photo from access database into word
From: Frank Haschka (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/02/04
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Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 04:28:46 -0800
Many thanks!
It's all working now. It baffles me how the refresh works
AFTER the merge, but it works, and that's good enough for
now!
F
>-----Original Message-----
>Use Alt+F9 to toggle on and off the field codes. Or use
Ctrl+F9 to insert
>and empty pair of field delimiters { } then manually
enter the text
>INCLUDEPICTURE etc.
>
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>Hope this helps
>Doug Robbins - Word MVP
>"Frank Haschka" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in message
>news:505a01c3ffa4$b8837c10$a101280a@phx.gbl...
>> I've read this thread with great interest as the end
>> result originally requested is precisely what I need to
>> achieve. However, please pardon this ridiculous
question.
>> How do you get the 'IncludePicture' field in to the
>> document in the first place, to then nest the
mergefield?
>> (as suggested in Cindy Meister's site). 'Help' suggests
>> just 'Insert/ Picture from file' and link to file, but
>> then how do I see the code and adjust it? A very new
area
>> for me, so my apologies for the daft query!
>>
>> I'm stuck with Office '97 by the way.
>>
>> Cheers
>> FH
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>Yes, in the database you will need as a minimum, the
>> filename for the
>>>picture. If that is all that you have there, you will
>> need to supply the
>>>path in the Mergefield and note that the path separators
>> must be doubled \\
>>>
>>>Did you follow Step 5 of Cindy's instructions - updating
>> the fields in the
>>>document after the merge?
>>>
>>>Also, you must use Ctrl+F9 to insert each pair of field
>> delimiters { }.
>>>Ordinary curly brackets will not work.
>>>--
>>>Please post any further questions or followup to the
>> newsgroups for the
>>>benefit of others who may be interested. Unsolicited
>> questions forwarded
>>>directly to me will only be answered on a paid
consulting
>> basis.
>>>Hope this helps
>>>Doug Robbins - Word MVP
>>>"jon" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message
>>>news:E579B081-F130-4CEC-9C5E-
CF1CDF3C4FCF@microsoft.com...
>>>>
>>>> Thank you for the reply, unfortunately it hasn't
>> worked. I have Office
>>>> XP. When i follow the instructions for Includepicture,
>> immediatly after I
>>>> insert the field everthing disappears. Additionally, I
>> have tried using
>>>> the insertpicture option but I get an error messsage
>> when i merge.
>>>> In the access table field i have the name of the
>> picture and have its
>>>> properties set to text, Is this correct for the merge.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you,
>>>>
>>>> Jon
>>>>
>>>> ----- Doug Robbins - Word MVP - DELETE UPPERCA
>> wrote: -----
>>>>
>>>> See the "Graphic from a database" item under
>> the "Special merges"
>>>> section of
>>>> fellow MVP Cindy Meister's website at:
>>>>
>>>>
>> http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/MergFram.htm
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Please post any further questions or followup to
>> the newsgroups for
>>>> the
>>>> benefit of others who may be interested.
>> Unsolicited questions
>>>> forwarded
>>>> directly to me will only be answered on a paid
>> consulting basis.
>>>> Hope this helps
>>>> Doug Robbins - Word MVP
>>>> "jon" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>> in message
>>>> news:05d101c3ff15$0b2f2120$3501280a@phx.gbl...
>>>> > Is it possible to merge a photo that is in an
>> access
>>>> > table database into a word document using mail
>> merge?
>>>> > When I attempt it, it merges a number only?
Thank
>> you!
>>>> >> Jon
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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