I'm Creating a Mail Merge document, where the data source uses the latin
america decimal notation "," for decimals "." for thousands separator. All
the calulations on the docuemt such as {= ( {MERGEFIELD Edad} * 2) } get an
error : !Invalid Character Setting. Does Mail Merge Support this notation ?
If is switched to standard notation "." for decimals, "," for thousands it
works.

Manuel.

You probably need to change the settings under Control PanelRegional and
Language OptionsCustomize Regional Options so the the separators match
those used in the data source.

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Hope this helps.

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services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"ManuelB" wrote in message
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I'm Creating a Mail Merge document, where the data source uses the latin
america decimal notation "," for decimals "." for thousands separator. All
the calulations on the docuemt such as {= ( {MERGEFIELD Edad} * 2) } get
an
error : !Invalid Character Setting. Does Mail Merge Support this notation
?
If is switched to standard notation "." for decimals, "," for thousands it
works.

Manuel.

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

You probably need to change the settings under Control PanelRegional and
Language OptionsCustomize Regional Options so the the separators match
those used in the data source.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"ManuelB" wrote in message
...
I'm Creating a Mail Merge document, where the data source uses the latin
america decimal notation "," for decimals "." for thousands separator. All
the calulations on the docuemt such as {= ( {MERGEFIELD Edad} * 2) } get
an
error : !Invalid Character Setting. Does Mail Merge Support this notation
?
If is switched to standard notation "." for decimals, "," for thousands it
works.

Manuel.



Hi Doug,

Thank you for your promopt reply, I'm doing exaclty that I'm changing the
setting s on control panel for the right setup of "," and ".". Data source
and Control Panel settings are in sync, but mail merge does'nt recognize the
value as numbers,

Kindly Regards,

Manuel

Send me a copy of the data source and I will take a look at the problem.

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Hope this helps.

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services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"ManuelB" wrote in message
...


"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

You probably need to change the settings under Control PanelRegional and
Language OptionsCustomize Regional Options so the the separators match
those used in the data source.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"ManuelB" wrote in message
...
I'm Creating a Mail Merge document, where the data source uses the
latin
america decimal notation "," for decimals "." for thousands separator.
All
the calulations on the docuemt such as {= ( {MERGEFIELD Edad} * 2) }
get
an
error : !Invalid Character Setting. Does Mail Merge Support this
notation
?
If is switched to standard notation "." for decimals, "," for thousands
it
works.

Manuel.



Hi Doug,

Thank you for your promopt reply, I'm doing exaclty that I'm changing the
setting s on control panel for the right setup of "," and ".". Data
source
and Control Panel settings are in sync, but mail merge does'nt recognize
the
value as numbers,

Kindly Regards,

Manuel