Trouble with emailmerge and images

[Albert]

Hi and thank you in advance for your excelent advice.
I'm trying to create an e-mail Merge that includes different pictures for
every recipient. I am using the IncludePicture field, but all recipients get
the same image. This is how I set up the field:
{IncludePicture {MERGEFIELD "IMAGE2"}}
Where "Image2" is the name of the column that includes the complete path
(including "\\") to the desired image for each recipient.
When I merge into a new document and update, the merge works fine. It only
fails when I merge to e-mail recipients.
Also, sometimes, when I save the Main Merge Document, the {MERGEFIELD
"IMAGE2"} link is removed and replaced by a link to one image.
Could you help me? I thank you in advance,
Alberto Cattan

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Sounds like you are going to have to merge to a new document, update the
fields in that document and then split it into individual documents and then
email those as attachments to a mail merge.

See the article "Mail Merge to E-mail with Attachments" at

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MailMerge/MergeWithAttachments.htm

and for splitting the mail merge,

See the "Individual Merge Letters" item on fellow MVP Graham Mayor's website
at:

http://www.gmayor.com/individual_merge_letters.htm


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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

 

[Albert]

Ok, thanks, I'll give it a shot. However, that seems to be something that
needs to be fixed by microsoft, doesn't it? Doesn't sound right that the
e-mail merges do not update each field automatically.
Albert

 

[Miles]

Somebody's been paying attention: if you're using Word XP or better, you
might want to try a recent Word add-in which does away with all the Ctrl-A F9
stuff and lets you merge images straight to e-mail or the printer. It even
has a GUI, so no more IncludePicture coding! The company's at www.onmerge.com

 

[Albert]

Its nice that they payed attention, but it's not too nice that they're
charging for it. They should give it to me free! After all, it was my idea!!!!

 

[Miles]

I think the company's been selling that add-in for about a year, so maybe
they've been listening... to a psychic!