Merging graphics in a footer

[Paul Hammond]

I have included pictures in my mail merge using the method outlined on
Graham's website. I even have code that does it all for me. My problem
now is trying to do all this in a footer. Nothing I have tried manually or
with code seems to update all the footers in my merged document. The result
is I have the correct logo in the main body and a static logo in the footer.


Hope I have explained myself properly. Any suggestions?

Paul Hammond
Richmond, VA

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Try applying a custom style (paragraph or character) to the logo in the
document and picking it up with a StyleRef field in the footer.

 

[Paul Hammond]

Unfortunately, you've lost me. Word is kind of a sideline for me. Can you
explain how put this into effect? I created a style by selecting the
logo(which is part of an Include Picture field) and applied it to the
identical field in the footer. So far I can only update on footer at a time.

Paul
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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/StyleRef.htm and Word's Help on the
StyleRef field for the general principles. Note, however, that StyleRef may
be one of the fields that gets unlinked during a mail merge.

 

[Paul Hammond]

just tried that and got something that looks like
{STYLEREF Pub \*MERGEFORMAT} Pub is the STYLEREF I created.
This is the result when I update the field.

"Error! No text of specified style in document."

which is true, there is only an IncludePicture field
as shown below where I created the character style.

{INCLUDEPICTURE "M:\\Circulation\\CIS\\Bitmaps\\{MERGEFIELD "FileName}" "
\* MERGEFORMAT \d}

Paul
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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Is your picture In Line With Text? And you applied the Pub style to the
picture (character style) or the paragraph it's in (paragraph style)?

 

[Paul Hammond]

I checked on the Format Picture Layout Tab
Yes, it is In Line With Text.

P
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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Okay, I tried this, and evidently it is a limitation of the StyleRef file
that it can't pick up pictures. I tried it with an embedded graphic (so not
even a field), using both character and paragraph styles, and neither one
worked. Sorry.

 

[Paul Hammond]

I do appreciate your efforts. I will repost elsewhere and see if anythign
turns up.

Paul
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[Alisa L]

The graphic links won't update in the header or footer until one of the
following occurs:

o Print Preview is selected, which automatically updates the graphic links
in the headers/footers even if the Update Links field is unchecked under
Tools > Options > Print.

o The file is printed, which forces the same behavior as above.

o Go to Edit > Links, select all links in the list, and click Update Now.

Don't know if this helps.

Alisa