Common problem with simple solution. Have a look at these sites:
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindy....htm#NumFormat
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/wo...164951033.aspx
http://homepage.hispeed.ch/cindymeister/MergFram.htm

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I am trying to carry a dollar amount into word, it is in excel, and the
cells
are formatted for currency. it appears as $1.50 in excel, but 1.5 once
merge
it to excel.