Merging Photos

Animal photos can be merged into MS Word documents through VisionVPM from the Reminder Schedule or Marketing Schedule.

To merge animal photos to MS Word:

1. Attach the required photos to the animal in the Photo tab of the Animal Details window.
2. Setup the merge template to include animal photos.
3. Merge the template to Word.

To setup the merge template to include animal photos

1. From the Word Merge Documents window in Reminder Schedule or Marketing Schedule, double-click the document that you wish to merge, and click OK.
2. Ensure Automatically Merge Document is unselected.
3. Select the position in the document where you want the photo to be displayed and press CTRL+F9.
4. Type INCLUDEPICTURE followed by a space, and press CTRL+F9.
5. Type AnimalPhoto, and click Save.

To merge the template to Word

1. From the Word Merge Documents window, select Automatically Merge Document.
2. Double-click the document that you created to merge and click OK.
3. Press CTRL+A and then press F9.

The animal photo will now be displayed in the document.

You will need to resize the photos to the correct size to be displayed in the document.

Note: Microsoft Word will display the following message if there is no photo attached to the animal, "Error! Filename not specified." This message is not required in the document and should be deleted.