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Default Formating a Merge Field

You need a numeric formatting switch - see
http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm

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dch3 wrote:
How can I setup a merge field so that the result appears in a specific
format? I need to do a mail merge using an Excel spreadsheet as the
source, however the telephone numbers are not formated as such (eg
4079947953). For the merge, I need them to appear formated as phone
numbers.