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How do I change the format of -1,250.00 to appear as (1,250.00) on my word
document. It is a merge document....the number is in a field within the table
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Default formatting negative numbers

JCFFinance,

add the following Switch to the mergefield

\# ",0.00;(,0.00)"

So it will look like this

{mergefield "amount" \# ",0.00;(,0.00)"}

More great info on Formatting with Word Switches found on Graham Mayor web
site:
http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm

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