How do you get rid of the seconds in the time area. I have changed the
formatting in the time. I use the excel file as a data source. I include the
time in the mail merge. It always shows up with the seconds in the time. Very
frustrating.
HELP PLEASE!!

TJ

it may be formatted as text, so won't respond to changing the time format.
if it is text, the TIMEVALUE formula will convert it to a decimal-based time
value which can then be formatted by using Excel's normal Number formatting--
to get rid of the seconds.

Eddie O

"TJ" wrote:

How do you get rid of the seconds in the time area. I have changed the
formatting in the time. I use the excel file as a data source. I include the
time in the mail merge. It always shows up with the seconds in the time. Very
frustrating.
HELP PLEASE!!

TJ

Your problem is that with Dates and Times you are formatting the view of
the cell, not the cell contents.

To format the time as a reformatted cell content try (for the current
time):
=TEXT((NOW()),"hh")&":"&TEXT((NOW()),"mm")&"PM"

or, assuming your time is in a cell (say, cell C8)
=TEXT(C8,"hh")&":"&TEXT(C8,"mm")&"PM"

Hope this helps


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Debra Dalgleish posted this for a different question:

In the Mail Merge, after you select your Excel file as a data source,
you should see a 'Confirm Data Source' dialog box.
(If you don't see the dialog box, change the setting in Word --
under ToolsOptions, General -- add a check mark to
'Confirm Conversion at Open')

From that list, choose 'MS Excel Worksheets via DDE (*.xls)', and your
formatting will be retained.

If you have to connect through a different source, you can format the
fields in the Word document. For example, to specify a number of decimals:

1. In Word, in the Main Document, press Alt+F9 to view the field codes.
2. Find the field code for the number. It will look something like:
{ MERGEFIELD FieldName }
3. Add a switch, to format the number with two decimal places.
For example:
{ MERGEFIELD FieldName \# "#,##0.00" }
4. Press Alt+F9 to hide the field codes.
5. Save the Main Document

You'll have to change the format to what you need.

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I read the mailmerge help in Word and this format worked ok for me:
{ MERGEFIELD FieldName \@ "hh:mm am/pm" }

TJ wrote:

How do you get rid of the seconds in the time area. I have changed the
formatting in the time. I use the excel file as a data source. I include the
time in the mail merge. It always shows up with the seconds in the time. Very
frustrating.
HELP PLEASE!!

TJ

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