In word how do I format numbers brought in through a mail merge

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jobrien - 04 Feb 2005 15:53 GMT

Bringing in numbers from an Excel spreadsheet and they do not carry over the
formating from the pageso in Excel 70% shows up as 0.69999999999999996 in Word

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Doug Robbins - 04 Feb 2005 23:22 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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> Bringing in numbers from an Excel spreadsheet and they do not carry over
> the
> formating from the pageso in Excel 70% shows up as 0.69999999999999996 in
> Word

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