Image Issues
Why do images in my merge template change position or do not appear at all in my merged content?
This article describes how to format images in your merge template to resolve issues with images changing position or not appearing at all in your merged content.
Applicable to only Google Docs
Handling images
When inserting static images in your merge template, the text wrapping style must be set to Inline with text.
To do this, click on your image and select In line from the image options pop-up (see the blue arrow in the screenshot below).
Alternatively, click on your image, and then click on Image options > Text Wrapping > Inline with text (see the red arrows in the screenshot below).
WARNING: If any other text wrapping style is selected, your image may change position or may not appear at all in your merged content.
Organize content in table
In situations where positioning images in-line with paragraph text is not desirable (e.g., if you need to reposition an image relative to text), a work-around is to insert the in-line image within a table (see the screenshot below).
In the example below, the following formatting has been applied:
A table with two columns and one row has been inserted in the document template.
The borders of the table have been colored white to be invisible (colored gray for illustrative purposes here).
An in-line image has been inserted in the left-hand column of the table.
Text has been inserted in the right-hand column of the table.
The formatting above enables the positions of the image and the text to be changed relative to each other, without adjusting the image's text wrapping style.
