Word and Excel 2002

I'm importing from Excel to Word.

When I import what looks like $12,000 in Excel, it becomes 12000 in Word. I
understand that's because the data is 12000 and in Excel I've formatted it
with Currency and Comma styles.

My question is, what's the easiest way to get $12,000 in Word without having
to manually fix each entry?

Thanks in advance.

Doreen

There are two ways to approach this. In a mail merge, you can add a numeric
picture switch to the merge field. Or you can connect to Excel via DDE
instead of OLEDB. For more on both, see
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindy...002/MM2002.htm

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Doreen" wrote in message
...
Word and Excel 2002

I'm importing from Excel to Word.

When I import what looks like $12,000 in Excel, it becomes 12000 in Word.
I
understand that's because the data is 12000 and in Excel I've formatted it
with Currency and Comma styles.

My question is, what's the easiest way to get $12,000 in Word without
having
to manually fix each entry?

Thanks in advance.

Doreen

thanks, I'm a little unclear how to do it for percentages (its 7% in excel,
but 0.07 in word)

any ideas?

D


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
There are two ways to approach this. In a mail merge, you can add a
numeric
picture switch to the merge field. Or you can connect to Excel via DDE
instead of OLEDB. For more on both, see
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindy...002/MM2002.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"Doreen" wrote in message
...
Word and Excel 2002

I'm importing from Excel to Word.

When I import what looks like $12,000 in Excel, it becomes 12000 in
Word.
I
understand that's because the data is 12000 and in Excel I've formatted
it
with Currency and Comma styles.

My question is, what's the easiest way to get $12,000 in Word without
having
to manually fix each entry?

Thanks in advance.

Doreen

{ =({Mergefield Fieldname} * 100) \# "#%"}

Use a formatting switch on the field -
http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Doreen wrote:
thanks, I'm a little unclear how to do it for percentages (its 7% in
excel, but 0.07 in word)

any ideas?

D


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
There are two ways to approach this. In a mail merge, you can add a
numeric picture switch to the merge field. Or you can connect to
Excel via DDE instead of OLEDB. For more on both, see
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindy...002/MM2002.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

"Doreen" wrote in message
...
Word and Excel 2002

I'm importing from Excel to Word.

When I import what looks like $12,000 in Excel, it becomes 12000 in
Word. I understand that's because the data is 12000 and in Excel
I've formatted it with Currency and Comma styles.

My question is, what's the easiest way to get $12,000 in Word
without having to manually fix each entry?

Thanks in advance.

Doreen