Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1   Report Post  
Skittles
 
Posts: n/a
Default How do I maintain number formatting in a mail merge?

When creating a mail merge that will import data from an EXCEL spreadsheet,
the number formatting changes. Trailing zeros, commas, and decimal points
vanish. How can I maintain the formatting on the spreadsheet?
  #2   Report Post  
Doug Robbins
 
Posts: n/a
Default

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

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


--
Please respond to the Newsgroup for the benefit of others who may be
interested. Questions sent directly to me will only be answered on a paid
consulting basis.

Hope this helps,
Doug Robbins - Word MVP
"Skittles" wrote in message
...
When creating a mail merge that will import data from an EXCEL
spreadsheet,
the number formatting changes. Trailing zeros, commas, and decimal points
vanish. How can I maintain the formatting on the spreadsheet?



Reply
Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules

Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
mail merge with attachments AS Mailmerge 5 April 9th 05 09:49 AM
English/American date formatting in XP mail merge John Diston Mailmerge 0 January 21st 05 04:17 PM
Number of pages incorrect while doing mail merge Eadie Mailmerge 0 January 21st 05 03:53 PM
time formatting and mail merge Lexisch Mailmerge 1 January 21st 05 01:29 AM
maximum number of columns in Word for Mail Merge EllenF Mailmerge 3 January 19th 05 11:44 PM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 07:38 PM.

Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2024 Microsoft Office Word Forum - WordBanter.
The comments are property of their posters.
 

About Us

"It's about Microsoft Word"