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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"maryi" wrote in message
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Just bought Toshiba laptop. Trying to merge word letter w/excel
spreadsheet.
I can't get the number format I want to merge into word document.
Example,
it is transferring the number 1 instead of 1.00. Also for negative number
showing "-1" instead of (1). Any suggestions? Thanks.