How do I pull Jotform photos into an Adobe InDesign data merge?

  • Carrie Harris
    Asked on February 8, 2018 at 12:51 PM

    It is relatively easy to pull rows and columns of text into a data merge from the Excel file that lives on my desktop into an Adobe InDesign application, but I am having difficulty pulling the photos into the data merge. 


    My Excel file is 445 rows deep and 21 columns wide, with the last row being https://www.jotform.com/uploads/..... a screenshot has been included with this email. 

    Please help.

    Thank you

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  • Adrian
    Replied on February 8, 2018 at 2:07 PM

    Try adding the @ symbol before the column name.


    Add an image field to the spreadsheet Screenshot 10

    From official Adobe Docs: https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/data-merge.html#add_image_fields_in_the_data_source_file

    Here are a couple of videos that show you how you can do that.


    Note: you might need to download the images to your local drive. I read in this forum that only local files are supported.

    https://forums.adobe.com/message/9335939#9335939