This was extremely helpful . thanx.
The condensed version is:
Highlight the merge field right click and select edit field
On the bottom select field codes
In the fieldcodes box add \# "$,0.00;($,0.00)" to the end
"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:
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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Hope this helps.
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Doug Robbins - Word MVP
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