> Donal,
>
> As far as I know there are no new features in Word 2007 that would
> make this kind of merge any easier.
>
> The main way to do this kind of thing in Word 2003 was to insert a
> nested INCLUDEPICTURE field on each label, e.g.
>
> { INCLUDEPICTURE "c::\\mypictures\\{ MERGEFIELD picturename }.jpg" }
>
> Then you had to merge to a new document, use ctrl-A to select the
> document and F9 to update all the images.
>
> The trouble is that you get very little control over the layout,
> especially if your images are different sizes. I suspect Graham's web
> site has the best info. you will find about how to do image layout
> within a label merge.
> How many of these do you need to produce, and how often do you need
> to do it?
>
> Peter Jamieson
>
> "donal m" <donalm[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>> Peter,
>> I basically want to have name tags that have a corresponding picture
>> of the
>> person on the name tag. I have the pictures as jpeg files. I am
>> using an excel worksheet as my data source. I want to be able to use
>> mail merge to match the name to the picture via using a word field
>> to link the name to the
>> relevent picture using a link in the excel data source file to link
>> to the relevent jpeg file or what ever way works.
>> I am using word 2007, used to have word 2003 and failed to get that
>> to do it
>> for me
>>
>> "Peter Jamieson" wrote:
>>
>>> I guess you need something like Graham Mayor's page at
>>>
>>>
http://www.gmayor.com/graphics_on_labels.htm>>>
>>> but the unnecessary minimalism of your message makes it pretty
>>> difficult to
>>> tell. What's wrong with spelling out what you want?
>>>
>>> Peter Jamieson
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