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Francis - 11 Feb 2008 22:52 GMT

I am merging data from excel spreadsheet into a form in Word. The form has
cells in it that were create in excel.
The column of numbers in source excel is formated to 2 decimal places. When
I merge data into the word document cells, the number extends out to 15
places.
I have tried reducing the cell size, but the cell expands when i merge the
data.

3 To 10 Days
55.550000000000004

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Peter Jamieson - 11 Feb 2008 23:22 GMT

Use Alt-F9 in Word to show the field codes, then change e.g.

{ MERGEFIELD mynumber }
to
{ MERGEFIELD mynumber \#0.00 }

(you can usually get rid of " \*Mergeformat " if you see that)

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>I am merging data from excel spreadsheet into a form in Word. The form has
> cells in it that were create in excel.
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> 3 To 10 Days
> 55.550000000000004

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Francis - 11 Feb 2008 23:40 GMT

thanks for your help, but it is still there.

> Use Alt-F9 in Word to show the field codes, then change e.g.
>
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> > 3 To 10 Days
> > 55.550000000000004

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Graham Mayor - 12 Feb 2008 07:17 GMT

Update the field after making the change - F9

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> thanks for your help, but it is still there.
>
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>>> 3 To 10 Days
>>> 55.550000000000004

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