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Default How do I limit decimal places in a merge document?

Try
a. using Alt-F9 to reveal the field codes in your Word mail merge main
document
b. where you have

{ MERGEFIELD mynumber }

or

{ MERGEFIELD mynumber \*Mergeformat }

change it to

{ MERGEFIELD mynumber \#0.00 }

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Bill wrote:
I am using an Excel file that contains a numeric field that has 2 decimal
places. When I use Word and mail/merge document feature, the decimal places
are not limited to 2. How can I correct that?