Re: Mail merge with graphics direct to PDF

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Press ALT+F8
In the Macros In window select MMtoDocsRev28.dot
You will see the macros in that template listed. The one in question is
called 'CreateMergeTemplate'. Run the macro to create the template with the
merge document open.
I am however puzzled why the add-ins tab is not displayed when the add-in is
clearly available?

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
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Divinite wrote:
Yes, when the merge is executed, I am asked if I want to separate into
separate files. This only happens the first time and if there is an
error, the process stops and it will not ask if I try to run the merge
again. I've checked the box to create PDF's, but it also does not
accept the settings from the print setup and prompts for filename and
opens each file regardless of the settings.

My template does not contain any macros, just a new style set that
we've created. So far, the only way I've found to use it is to set it
as the default file set for all new documents, which I would prefer
not to do since we use multiple style sets. From my understanding,
the add-in would remove this need, which is exactly what I'm looking
for.

If I answer "no" the entire merge completes without issue.

Thank you,
Jessica

On Jun 19, 12:20 pm, "Doug Robbins - Word MVP"
<d...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
You do not need the add-ins bar. I assume that when you execute the
merge to a new document, you are being asked whether you want to
create a separate document for each record and are then being given
the dialog to select the field that contains the desired filename
and in which you check the box to create .pdf's. Is that correct?

The add-in will make use of the template that was used to create the
mail merge main document, BUT that template must NOT contain any
auto macros.

If you answer No to the question about creating individual
documents, is the last record merged correctly?

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Hope this helps.

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"Divinite" <divinit...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

news:0e72ac58-092e-476e-9547-133415161a7f@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Thank you! That has helped some, but I have encountered a few
issues:

- The add-ins bar is not showing (2007) and it is not keeping my
existing template. I tried applying my style template as the
default to the add-in, but that did not work.
- The last file in the merge is generating an error and only
producing half the document (the last half at that!)

The images look like they are updating just fine.

Any ideas?

Thank you,
Jessica

On Jun 18, 12:52 pm, "Doug Robbins - Word MVP"
<d...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The add-in that I have created that you can download from the
following page
of fellow MVP Graham Mayor's website:

http://www.gmayor.com/individual_merge_letters.htm

will create separate documents from a mailmerge with each document
saved with a name taken from a field in the data source and can
also create each
of the separate documents as a .pdf file. If those .pdf files do
not have
the fields updated to display the picture, it would be a simple
matter to incorporate a command to update the fields in the
document before each one
is saved and the .pdf created.

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Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of
my services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"Divinite" <divinit...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

news:2fa1e6a2-159f-4f31-ba37-bacc753579a7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hello,

I have a document that is filled with customized mail merge
images. This is the second year we are producing this document
and last year, I merged the whole file, used the outline feature
to create separate documents then ran a batch PDF to get the
final versions.

I have since found a few issues with this:

- We have updated our formatting and the new formatting will not
show up properly using the outline split file.
- The final merge file size is now too large for Word to handle
(about 350MB), especially when you have to update images

I've tried merging directly to PDF which has the primary
advantage of keeping all formatting with no issue and eliminating
an extra few steps in the process. However, it does have one
very large issue:

- Merging directly to PDF does not update the images in the file
before merging

There are too many files to do each one individually.

Does anyone have a way around this or ideas to setup something
automated to meet this goal?


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