') for the above example are created in the body of the document via Ctrl-F9 (Cmd-F9 on a Mac) - you can't simply type them or copy & paste them from this message. you don't need to do anything special to the paths, or refresh the fields, and they'll no longer be linked to the source files): The following field construction addresses all three issues (i.e. even after updating the images, they remain linked to the image files, which can be an issue if you later delete the image or you need to send the merged output to someone else. the pictures usually won't show until you refresh the fields (eg Ctrl-A, then F9) andģ. the filepaths to the fields need to have the separators expressed as '\\' or '/' instead of the usual '\' Ģ. When embedding a mailmerge field in an INCLUDEPICTURE field for the purpose of merging graphics:ġ.
To update the images post-merge, you need to press Ctrl-A, F9. Aside from that, your mailmerge main document probably had the red Xs before the merge. You refer in one place to 'MyFile' and in another to 'MyImage'.
