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Need help on mail merge excel file into word document
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I need help on how to make the thousand separator appears after I merged the excel file into word document. I was able to merge my excel file - the data source into word document, but the thousand separator didn't appear with the numbers after i merged it into the word document. I also baffled why the parenthesis would change to a minus sign after i merged it. Can any one help? I am really desparate. Thanks so much! Lynn |
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The merge merely picks up the cell contents as a number, not the formatting.
I find that the easiest way of dealing with this is to produce a helper column using the TEXT() function to specify the required format, and then use that column as your data source for the merge. I believe that there are ways of specifying field formats within Word, but I'll leave Word experts to tell you about that route. -- David Biddulph "Lynn" wrote in message ... Hi, I need help on how to make the thousand separator appears after I merged the excel file into word document. I was able to merge my excel file - the data source into word document, but the thousand separator didn't appear with the numbers after i merged it into the word document. I also baffled why the parenthesis would change to a minus sign after i merged it. Can any one help? I am really desparate. Thanks so much! Lynn |
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In article , "David Biddulph" <groups [at] biddulph.org.uk wrote:
The merge merely picks up the cell contents as a number, not the formatting. I find that the easiest way of dealing with this is to produce a helper column using the TEXT() function to specify the required format, and then use that column as your data source for the merge. I believe that there are ways of specifying field formats within Word, but I'll leave Word experts to tell you about that route. Try merging using 'from xl as DDE' too instead of one of the other options. It's not the default IIRC and it doesn stop at least some of those annoying formatting problems ... at least it did for me. :) |
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Thanks, David, I really appreciated your help. I will try it tomorrow even
though i am not that great using the function features. I just wish that there is a sample to help me to understand more easy what you have suggested to me. "David Biddulph" wrote: The merge merely picks up the cell contents as a number, not the formatting. I find that the easiest way of dealing with this is to produce a helper column using the TEXT() function to specify the required format, and then use that column as your data source for the merge. I believe that there are ways of specifying field formats within Word, but I'll leave Word experts to tell you about that route. -- David Biddulph "Lynn" wrote in message ... Hi, I need help on how to make the thousand separator appears after I merged the excel file into word document. I was able to merge my excel file - the data source into word document, but the thousand separator didn't appear with the numbers after i merged it into the word document. I also baffled why the parenthesis would change to a minus sign after i merged it. Can any one help? I am really desparate. Thanks so much! Lynn |
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Thank so much for your help, Bruce, but how do i merging using 'from xl as
DDE'? i am sorry because i am really not much a expert using excel. Are there any steps by steps that you can show me? Am i asking too much from you? If i do, then just ignore it, and i really appreciated you taking your time to answer it. Lynn "Bruce Sinclair" wrote: In article , "David Biddulph" <groups [at] biddulph.org.uk wrote: The merge merely picks up the cell contents as a number, not the formatting. I find that the easiest way of dealing with this is to produce a helper column using the TEXT() function to specify the required format, and then use that column as your data source for the merge. I believe that there are ways of specifying field formats within Word, but I'll leave Word experts to tell you about that route. Try merging using 'from xl as DDE' too instead of one of the other options. It's not the default IIRC and it doesn stop at least some of those annoying formatting problems ... at least it did for me. :) |
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If you're trying to use parentheses instead of minus for negative numbers,
then you might try =TEXT(A1,"#,##0_ ;(#,##0) "). You'll see some of the options available if you look in Format/ Cells/ Number/ Custom. -- David Biddulph "Lynn" wrote in message ... Thanks, David, I really appreciated your help. I will try it tomorrow even though i am not that great using the function features. I just wish that there is a sample to help me to understand more easy what you have suggested to me. "David Biddulph" wrote: The merge merely picks up the cell contents as a number, not the formatting. I find that the easiest way of dealing with this is to produce a helper column using the TEXT() function to specify the required format, and then use that column as your data source for the merge. I believe that there are ways of specifying field formats within Word, but I'll leave Word experts to tell you about that route. -- David Biddulph "Lynn" wrote in message ... Hi, I need help on how to make the thousand separator appears after I merged the excel file into word document. I was able to merge my excel file - the data source into word document, but the thousand separator didn't appear with the numbers after i merged it into the word document. I also baffled why the parenthesis would change to a minus sign after i merged it. Can any one help? I am really desparate. Thanks so much! Lynn |
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Thanks so much again, David, i will try your suggestion tomorrow. Have a
good weekend! Lynn "David Biddulph" wrote: If you're trying to use parentheses instead of minus for negative numbers, then you might try =TEXT(A1,"#,##0_ ;(#,##0) "). You'll see some of the options available if you look in Format/ Cells/ Number/ Custom. -- David Biddulph "Lynn" wrote in message ... Thanks, David, I really appreciated your help. I will try it tomorrow even though i am not that great using the function features. I just wish that there is a sample to help me to understand more easy what you have suggested to me. "David Biddulph" wrote: The merge merely picks up the cell contents as a number, not the formatting. I find that the easiest way of dealing with this is to produce a helper column using the TEXT() function to specify the required format, and then use that column as your data source for the merge. I believe that there are ways of specifying field formats within Word, but I'll leave Word experts to tell you about that route. -- David Biddulph "Lynn" wrote in message ... Hi, I need help on how to make the thousand separator appears after I merged the excel file into word document. I was able to merge my excel file - the data source into word document, but the thousand separator didn't appear with the numbers after i merged it into the word document. I also baffled why the parenthesis would change to a minus sign after i merged it. Can any one help? I am really desparate. Thanks so much! Lynn |
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