IncludePicture Problem on Merge to New Document

[Melinda Chase]

Hello,
I have a Word document (Word 2003 SP3) that includes an IncludePicture
Field. When I merge it to a new document, the file path changes to \ \ \
Transportation\Portage\..... instead of the expected P:\Portage\....

I've tried unchecking "Tools>Options>General>Web Options>Update links on
save" without success. Any suggestions on how to remedy this problem?
Thanks,
Melinda

 

[Peter Jamieson]

I haven't been able to replicate this problem so far, but
a. is your path literal text, or is it inserted using a field (e.g. a
MAILMERGE field)?
b. do you actually have P:\Portage etc. or P:\\Portage (it should really be
the double slashes when they are backslashes)
c. You can also try P:/Portage (and yes, with forward slashes it would be a
single slash). Paths with forward slashes seem to be a bit more resistant to
change than the other sort.

I don't think the following article is relevant in Word 2003 (i.e. I tried
inserting this registry setting and it made no difference AFAICS) but it may
be worth making sure (change the Word version number to 11.0 if you do try
it):

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/171406/en-us

 

[Melinda Chase]

The path is inserted using a field. I've tried changing the slashes in the
source data to both \\ and / with no luck. I also tried the registry
change. Still, doesn't work. I'm going to try it on another person's
computer and see how that goes. Maybe it's just me.

Thanks for the suggestions!
Melinda

 

[Peter Jamieson]

I suppose the type of folder that Y: is assigned to may also make a
difference, although I have no way of testing that. For example, all my
tests have used a drive letter mapped to an ordinary share on a Windows
Server 2003 system. There could I suppose be different behaviour if the
drive letter is mapped to a Netware path, a Microsoft DFS (Distributed File
System) path. (Or perhaps if it's a folder that has been set up so it is
"available offline"). Could be worth right-clicking the drive letter in
Windows explorer and having a look at the Properties.