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Hi,
i have an excell spreadsheet populated with data, currently the data is in
the "number" format, so 0.43 apprears as such.

when i try to do a mail merge, the data for 0.43 now appears as
0.42999999999999999

How do i make mail merger work, so that it takes the exactly as is, and
places it in the merge as it is on the excell sheet.

here is the mergefield data.... { MERGEFIELD "PCB_congener_28" }

i have been trying the diffrent formats and nothing changes it.

Any help appreciated.
Damien
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Use a number formatting switch on the field

{ MERGEFIELD "PCB_congener_28" \# ",0.00" }

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

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LithiumKid1976 wrote:
Hi,
i have an excell spreadsheet populated with data, currently the data
is in the "number" format, so 0.43 apprears as such.

when i try to do a mail merge, the data for 0.43 now appears as
0.42999999999999999

How do i make mail merger work, so that it takes the exactly as is,
and places it in the merge as it is on the excell sheet.

here is the mergefield data.... { MERGEFIELD "PCB_congener_28" }

i have been trying the diffrent formats and nothing changes it.

Any help appreciated.
Damien



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