I have data in excel from which i'm creating many mail merges - Included in
each record/row is a field containg the clients passport photo which I would
like to include in the mail merge

Any Ideas?

I cant use Access because it's not on most machines but if ness i can easily
move the data source from excel to MS Word table

What I've done in such cases is to include a mergefield with just the
filename of the photo, which is stored elsewhere. Then I use an
IncludePicture field with the full path of the folder where the folders are
stored, using the merge field as the last portion of that path. If the photo
itself is actually stored in Excel (is that possible?), then a mergefield
referencing that field should bring in the photo.

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"JethroUK©" wrote in message
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I have data in excel from which i'm creating many mail merges - Included
in
each record/row is a field containg the clients passport photo which I
would
like to include in the mail merge

Any Ideas?

I cant use Access because it's not on most machines but if ness i can
easily
move the data source from excel to MS Word table

They are currently stored in XL but i'll give that a try thanx


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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What I've done in such cases is to include a mergefield with just the
filename of the photo, which is stored elsewhere. Then I use an
IncludePicture field with the full path of the folder where the folders
are
stored, using the merge field as the last portion of that path. If the
photo
itself is actually stored in Excel (is that possible?), then a mergefield
referencing that field should bring in the photo.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"JethroUK©" wrote in message
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I have data in excel from which i'm creating many mail merges - Included
in
each record/row is a field containg the clients passport photo which I
would
like to include in the mail merge

Any Ideas?

I cant use Access because it's not on most machines but if ness i can
easily
move the data source from excel to MS Word table

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

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JethroUK© wrote:
They are currently stored in XL but i'll give that a try thanx


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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What I've done in such cases is to include a mergefield with just the
filename of the photo, which is stored elsewhere. Then I use an
IncludePicture field with the full path of the folder where the
folders are
stored, using the merge field as the last portion of that path. If
the photo
itself is actually stored in Excel (is that possible?), then a
mergefield referencing that field should bring in the photo.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"JethroUK©" wrote in message
...
I have data in excel from which i'm creating many mail merges -
Included in each record/row is a field containg the clients
passport photo which I would like to include in the mail merge

Any Ideas?

I cant use Access because it's not on most machines but if ness i
can easily move the data source from excel to MS Word table