Hi obasanla,

After choosing your label format and connecting to the data source, insert your background image as in-line in the first label and format it to fill the label as much as practicable. By default, Word will constrain the image size so that it fits within the label without distortion. If the default doesn't fill the label, you'll have to choose whether and how much to distort or resize & crop the image. With this arrangement, you shouldn't need to try to make the images transparent.

As for the committee name & member names, simply insert the committe name into the first label, with a paragraph break after. Then format the committe name's paragraph with the attributes you want. Then, in the second paragraph, insert the mergefield for the committee members and format that paragraph how you want.

Once you've done the above, click on 'update labels', and Word will copy the first label's contents and paste it into each of the other labels.

You're now ready to execute the mailmerge.

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]