Merging photos from a database

[SCrowley]

(Word 2003) I am attempting Cincy Meister's instructions for merging multiple
photos into a document. This is where it gets cloudy for me, I don't
understand 'field codes' and fear I'm missing just one little thing to make
this work.

My field code looks like this: {INCLUDEPICTURE "F:\\ (my file path name){
"} 1700 Penn {SEQ 1700_Penn \* ARABIC }

What it should look like is a Photo with an autocaption underneath with my
label which is 1700 Penn (Autonumber)

What am I missing? Thanks.

 

[Graham Mayor]

See if http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_graphics.htm helps.

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[SCrowley]

Thanks Graham!

I need to clarify something, please, regarding your instructions on your
website; I have 107 photos saved as .jpg. how do I list them in an Excel
database since your instruction discourages file name/path? In the merge
document I have my merge field as so:

{ INCLUDEPICTURE "\\ServerName\\FolderName\\Photos\\PhotoDatabase.xls" \c
..jpg \* MERGEFORMAT{MERGEFIELD "PhotoName" } }

The result is a box (placeholder, which I have deselected in Tools/Options)
with a red X. I am missing a step in this process. Any suggestions are
greatly appreciated.

 

[Graham Mayor]

On the face of it your field syntax is wrong. The excel data should contain
the names of the pictures - e.g. Fig1.jpg or Fig1 and they need to be filed
in the path indicated below - then

{ INCLUDEPICTURE "\\ServerName\\FolderName\\Photos\\{MERGEFIELD
"PhotoName" }.jpg" }
or
{ INCLUDEPICTURE "\\ServerName\\FolderName\\Photos\\{MERGEFIELD
"PhotoName" }" }
depending on whether you have included jpg in the excel field data.

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[SCrowley]

FANTASTIC!!!! Thank you sooooo much!

On the face of it your field syntax is wrong. The excel data should contain
the names of the pictures - e.g. Fig1.jpg or Fig1 and they need to be filed
in the path indicated below - then

{ INCLUDEPICTURE "\\ServerName\\FolderName\\Photos\\{MERGEFIELD
"PhotoName" }.jpg" }
or
{ INCLUDEPICTURE "\\ServerName\\FolderName\\Photos\\{MERGEFIELD
"PhotoName" }" }
depending on whether you have included jpg in the excel field data.

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[Graham Mayor]

You are welcome

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