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Default mail merge-formatted numbers


Debra Dalgleish posted this:

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

And if you prefer the old Mail Merge helper, Word MVP Suzanne Barnhill
has instructions he

http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/C...ngWord2002.htm

about half way down the page.

rubye wrote:

When I used mail merge to merge my letter to my database (spreadsheet), the
numbers that were formatted with two decimal points, the numbers (example)
112.50 appear as 112.5077777777. Why don't the numbers appear as they have
been forwatted? What do I need to do to make them appear as formatted?
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