format a % field in a mail merge

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Kevin - 04 Dec 2007 23:57 GMT

I am pulling information from an Excel file with calculated % field. I am
trying to format the merged field to the real percent. I am getting it as a
decimal point and know about a formulat to mulitply by 100. My problem, the
formula. Please help!

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Peter Jamieson - 05 Dec 2007 00:25 GMT

Something like

{ ={ MERGEFIELD myfield }*100 \#0 }

or

{ ={ MERGEFIELD myfield }*100 \#0.0 }

to display to 1 decimal place, where
- myfield is the name of the Excel column/field
- both pairs of {} are trhe special field code braces that you can enter
using ctrl-F9

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>I am pulling information from an Excel file with calculated % field. I am
> trying to format the merged field to the real percent. I am getting it as
> a
> decimal point and know about a formulat to mulitply by 100. My problem,
> the
> formula. Please help!

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