mail merge images

[David]

I am currently workign with documents that use mail merge to merge data and
image files. When merging an image file you have to either select all and
press f9 to update the fields or there is an option to update fields when
printing. This works well enough, but I am printing about 200 of these at a
time. The 'update fields' option is unavailable when using 'merge to
printer'. Does anyone know of a way to update fields while merging to
printer?

 

[David]

Anybody?

 

[Doug Robbins]

The Update Fields option can be set to apply globally under
Tools>Options>Print.

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[David]

When you press 'merge to printer' and then view your global print options
that checkbox has been greyed out.

 

[Doug Robbins]

Have you tried checking that box via Tools>Options>Print? Having done that,
do the images merge correctly in the printed output?

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Hope this helps.

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services on a paid consulting basis.

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[David]

I have tried that and it does not work. It is wierd that this global setting
does not work when merging to the printer. Seems to me that would be a
logical function of that setting. Any other ideas?

 

[David]

Doug, I solved my problem. Turns out the issue was not updating my field
data but updating linked data since the images are different files. So I had
to check the 'update links' option under tool/options/print. I never knew
what that check box did but I did some reading and found out...

Thanks for your help.