Microsoft KB Archive/64836

Graphics or Fields Do Not Carry Over to Merged Document

PSS ID Number: Q64836 Article last modified on 02-28-1997

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Summary:

During a print merge in Microsoft Word for Windows version 1.0 or 1.1, if the main document consists of field codes other than the field instructions that result after completing the print merge, the result for those fields is not carried over to the form letter. The following are good examples of such field codes:

AUTONUM Formulas MACROBUTTON Print fields Imported pictures :include CGM, TIF, HPGL, and PIC.

Other picture formats are also left out of the merged document.

Note that all the field code results from the data document print merge correctly. Examples of these field codes are {name}, {age}, and {address}.

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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Word for Windows version 1.0. This problem was corrected in versions 1.1, 1.1a, and 2.0. New or updated Microsoft products can be obtained from Microsoft End User Sales at (800) 426-9400. To locate your subsidiary, see the Microsoft World Wide Offices Web site at:

http://www.microsoft.com/worldwide/default.htm

KBCategory: kbinterop KBSubCategory: Additional reference words: w4wmerge grphflt ====================================================================== Keywords : kbinterop Version : 1.00 1.10 Platform : WINDOWS ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1997.