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[Gary]

I have an access DB that has the photos OLE in the record and when I go to do
the catolog merger in Publisher (2003) I get all of my info but when I do the
prine preview I do not see the pictures.

Any suggestions? I did select the photo field as a merge field in the
publisher merge doc.

Any help is appriciated!

 

[Mary Sauer]

Lots of help here
Troubleshoot catalog merge
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HP010380451033.aspx

 

[Ed Bennett]

I have an access DB that has the photos OLE in the record and when I go to do
the catolog merger in Publisher (2003) I get all of my info but when I do the
prine preview I do not see the pictures.

Any suggestions? I did select the photo field as a merge field in the
publisher merge doc.

Publisher cannot merge against OLE fields. The field should be formatted
as a path to a picture file on the hard drive.

 

[Gary]

Thank you Ed. So do I have to embed the pictures in the Aceess DB? Or do i
complete the merge and then modify each record /merge filed with the picture?

 

[Ed Bennett]

Thank you Ed. So do I have to embed the pictures in the Aceess DB? Or do i
complete the merge and then modify each record /merge filed with the picture?

You don't have to embed the pictures in the Access DB. Create a new Text
field containing the file path to the location of the photos on your
hard drive, if they are available there, and set it up as a picture
field, and Publisher will automatically fill in the pictures. If they
are only available embedded in the Access DB, then you will have to
complete the merge then manually edit each record.