How do you keep a formatted cell from changing in a word merge?

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CMB of EHT NJ - 28 Nov 2007 23:08 GMT

When merging spreadsheet fields formatted as dollars and percentages into a
word document, the merge changed the number into decimal formatted results.
How do I keep these fields from changing in the merge? (I work with XP
Professional/Word 2003).

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP - 29 Nov 2007 06:11 GMT

See "Formatting Word fields with switches" on fellow MVP Graham Mayor's
website at

http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

> When merging spreadsheet fields formatted as dollars and percentages into
> a
> word document, the merge changed the number into decimal formatted
> results.
> How do I keep these fields from changing in the merge? (I work with XP
> Professional/Word 2003).

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