There's an article on the Microsoft web site that might help you:

Answer Box: Numbers don't merge right in Word
http://office.microsoft.com/en-ca/as...164951033.aspx


Marlys wrote:
When I merge from Excel to Word, the information that shows in Excel does not
come accross in the same format as is displayed in the Excel field such as
$72,000 in Excel shows as 72000 or March 7, 2007 shows as 3/7/07 in the
merged Word document. Can anyone help?

Thank you.


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Debra Dalgleish
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