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Hi Tamir,

Yes, there are formatting switches that you can use to format the mail merge fields. To format the field to include the comma for thousands, you can use the following switch:
  1. Open your Word document and go to the Mailings tab.
  2. Click on the Insert Merge Field button and select the field you want to format.
  3. Right-click on the field and select Toggle Field Codes.
  4. Add the formatting switch to the field code. For example, if your field is called "Amount", the field code should look like this:
    PHP Code:
    {MERGEFIELD Amount \# "#,##0.00"} 
    .
  5. Press Alt+F9 to toggle back to the merged data view.

The \# symbol in the switch represents the number format. In this case, "#,##0.00" means that the number should be formatted with a comma for thousands and two decimal places.
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