Mail merge format of numbers from excel.

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Tim - 07 Oct 2004 17:00 GMT

When I perform a mail merge from an excel data set, all information comes
over fine with the exception of numbers. Numbers that include decimals,
even though they show up as two decimal in the excel spread sheet are
carried out almost 10 places. How do I correct this?

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Doug Robbins - 07 Oct 2004 23:59 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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> When I perform a mail merge from an excel data set, all information comes
> over fine with the exception of numbers. Numbers that include decimals,
> even though they show up as two decimal in the excel spread sheet are
> carried out almost 10 places. How do I correct this?

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