I've been spending a number of days on this issue, and I would appreciate if someone can help.
I've got an Excel sheet of data fields, with a field containing the paths of photos that I would like to create an ID card Mail Merge onto Avery Labels.
I've been able to merge all the data I need using Word 2010 and 2013 with no issues, but the problems occur when attempting to include the photos.
The images themselves can merge just fine if brought alone, showing different images in different labels as desired.
However, it's when I try to position the image in a square layout -so that the data fields appear alongside the image on a label -as opposed to under it- that the process breaks down.
What happens is, only the first image gets pulled through, and it gets copied over to all the other labels (even when showing their different ID's in the labels, it's always the first image that gets copied throughout). I have tried saving the document and then pressing F9, tried saving it to XML as some have suggested then refreshing but no luck, it stays with only the first image being copied throughout.
In the document itself I use { INCLUDEPICTURE "{MERGEFIELD Photos}" } with Photos being the name of the field in Excel containing the path. I have used different variations of this command, I've put the paths in the Excel sheet in between double quotes yet still the problem remains.
As soon as I try to change the layout of the photos so that the fields are displayed to the right of it, only the first image in the list comes through.
Has anyone encountered this or can help?