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Nika Lampe
 
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Default Mail merge: merging number from excel to word.

Hi,

the problem you've described occurs because mail merge by default uses ole
db connection. The problem and its solution is described in KB article
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320473/en-us.

Regards,
Nika Lampe

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

Aom wrote:
I have number colum like this 5.98 (in excel sources).And I merge
this colum to word and I have problem when I use mail merge like this
5.982222222222222.

How should I set it for keep 5.98 in word file?


With a numeric formatting switch -
http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm

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