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How do I maintain cell formatting when I export to a mail merge?
When I create a mail merge in Word from Excel data, I often have a hard time
with records that have specific cell formatting. For example, I simply enter 0123456789 in an Excel cell but have phone number formatting to give me (012) 345-6789. This saves a ton of time on the Excel side. But, if I have a phone number "merge field", the formatting is lost and the number reverts to 0123456789 in Word. Is there any way to freeze or maintain this kind of formatting when doing a mail merge in Word pulling from Excel? This would save me SO much time. Thanks. |
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How do I maintain cell formatting when I export to a mail merge?
=TEXT(A1,"(000) 000-0000") if you want to do it in Excel, or otherwise you
may be able to use field formatting in Word -- David Biddulph "SEANf" wrote in message ... When I create a mail merge in Word from Excel data, I often have a hard time with records that have specific cell formatting. For example, I simply enter 0123456789 in an Excel cell but have phone number formatting to give me (012) 345-6789. This saves a ton of time on the Excel side. But, if I have a phone number "merge field", the formatting is lost and the number reverts to 0123456789 in Word. Is there any way to freeze or maintain this kind of formatting when doing a mail merge in Word pulling from Excel? This would save me SO much time. Thanks. |
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How do I maintain cell formatting when I export to a mail merge?
You do the the formatting in Word.
A recent post from Debra Dalgleish has this info. Start Debra post...................................... Instead of formatting in Excel, you could format the text in Word, as part of the mail merge. Follow the instructions in this article for formatting the field codes in Word: Answer Box: Numbers don't merge right in Word http://office.microsoft.com/en-ca/as...164951033.aspx Instead of number formats, use formatting like this: { MERGEFIELD FirstName \* Caps \* MERGEFORMAT } End Debra post............................................ Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:50:00 -0700, SEANf wrote: When I create a mail merge in Word from Excel data, I often have a hard time with records that have specific cell formatting. For example, I simply enter 0123456789 in an Excel cell but have phone number formatting to give me (012) 345-6789. This saves a ton of time on the Excel side. But, if I have a phone number "merge field", the formatting is lost and the number reverts to 0123456789 in Word. Is there any way to freeze or maintain this kind of formatting when doing a mail merge in Word pulling from Excel? This would save me SO much time. Thanks. |
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