As a company we regularly conduct mail merges for anywhere from 50 to 3000 data records within InDesign. We merge to a document with 3/4 layers and 3/4 linked images (but this isn't the cause of the speed issues as it is still slow when these are removed). However, the merge crashes InDesign when using text files of more than 500 data records. This means we have to do all large mail merges in batches of ~250 to maintain system performance. NB, we do use fairly high-spec machines - does anyone know if InDesign mail merges tend to require VERY high spec-machines?
If anyone has any suggestions for performing mail merges (from text files or MS Access) using InDesign I would greatly appreciate them? Any plug-ins specifically intended for mail merges or even better just some tips on machine spec and InDesign/data settings?
Many thanks
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