Is there any way to "ignore" certain fields in a merge?

[Robin Tucker]

Hi,

I have a document with several mail merge fields in. Some of these fields I
do not want to be included in the mail merge (ie. I don't want word to
resolve the merge for that particular field, just copy the field code
across). The reason is because I want the field in tact for a second pass.
Is this possible? (ie. is there a flag called "bIgnoreMe" anywhere?).



Thanks



Robin

 

[Anne Troy]

To my knowledge, it's never possible to run a 2nd-pass mail merge.
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[Robin Tucker]

Well on the second pass, I don't want to run a mail merge, I want to scan
the document for certain fields (iterating the Fields collection), replacing
them with OLE Links. Another approach I think would be to "INCLUDEPICTURE"
on some dummy .jpg and then scan the InlineShapes on the second pass. A bit
of a hack but it might work. I know the INCLUDEPICTURE field remains after
a merge.

 

[Robin Tucker]

Actually, i see I can embed a link, but not give it a subject (ie. { LINK
MyType.MyImageType } ). This survives the mail merge and I can iterate the
fields collection later, looking for these links and giving them proper
subjects. So no need for INCLUDEIMAGE here