Merging Graphics into Word

I've seen many postings on this but none of them seem to reflect the problem I'm having. I've setup a mail merge in word 2003 using the includepicture field. When I complete the merge, the field code in each record shows the correct pircture link but when I change the view to show the pictures, all I get are placeholders with the nasty little X in the upper left corner. What can I do to get the pictures to actually load? Thanks in advance, I appreciate all advice.

Nevermind, I found my answer. thanks.