I am using Windows XP, and I am trying to mail merge a letter with an excel
database.
Everytime I do the merge my numbers change appearrance. 13,452 becomes
1342. The comma is lost.
Dates that show on my date base as March 1, 2005 show in the merged document
as 03/0105.
How can I fix this?

See "Formatting Word fields with switches" on fellow MVP Graham Mayor's
website at

http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm


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Doug Robbins - Word MVP
"Lindie" wrote in message
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I am using Windows XP, and I am trying to mail merge a letter with an excel
database.
Everytime I do the merge my numbers change appearrance. 13,452 becomes
1342. The comma is lost.
Dates that show on my date base as March 1, 2005 show in the merged
document
as 03/0105.
How can I fix this?