I am trying to format a number in a mail merge document. The number appears
in my excell database as a 2 decimal place figure (have tried formatting as
text and general) and upon merging the document shows many

e.g 2.99 appears in the document as 2.8999999999

Thanks in anticipation

Amie

Hi, Amie. Try this:
http://www.officearticles.com/word/m...osoft_word.htm
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Anne Troy
www.OfficeArticles.com

"Amie" wrote in message
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I am trying to format a number in a mail merge document. The number
appears
in my excell database as a 2 decimal place figure (have tried formatting
as
text and general) and upon merging the document shows many

e.g 2.99 appears in the document as 2.8999999999

Thanks in anticipation

Amie

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
"Amie" wrote in message
...

I am trying to format a number in a mail merge document. The number
appears
in my excell database as a 2 decimal place figure (have tried formatting
as
text and general) and upon merging the document shows many

e.g 2.99 appears in the document as 2.8999999999

Thanks in anticipation

Amie