"IncludePicture" problem

[RWN]

I don't think this is really an application "error", more of a "I don't
know why" (or "pibcak"error).

Using wd97 (at work) and received an internal document with our logo in
the header.
The picture is created with {INCLUDEPICTURE "http:/<our web
site>/logodirectory/logo.gif" \* MERGEFORMATINET}
It displays and PrintPreviews fine but, when I print it I get an
"Error!Invalid switch" (or close to it-I'm at home-short memory!)) in
place of the graphic .

I couldn't find much in Help or Google but, seeing as the switch was the
"Mergeformatinet", I deleted it and it printed ok.
Is this a version difference or perhaps a printer driver issue (using a
Lexmark T632)?
I haven't had a chance to talk to the sender to see what version he's
used to create it.

 

[Jay Freedman]

Yes, it's a version difference. It first appeared in Word 2000. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/DrwGrphcs/InvisibleGraphics.htm, in the
section headed "Graphics pasted from the Web into Word 2000". There
are also a number of threads on the newsgroups:
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_q=mergeformatinet&as_ugroup=microsoft.public.word.*