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Using () in mail merge?
I've got a financial-based Excel file that needs to keep the ()'s intact when
doing a mail merge in Word. I'm using Office 2003. It worked perfectly in Office 97. Any ideas? I've read the external website http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm on using switches and this might do the trick. I was curious to see if anyone had any other suggestions to keep this formatting intact. Thanks! |
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Microsoft has changed the default way that Word connects to external data,
so Word is now expected to provide the formatting. My web link that you referred to explains how to do this. An alternative is to use the earlier method of connection and this explained at http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_lab...th_word_xp.htm. However the former solution is simpler. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org G-Man wrote: I've got a financial-based Excel file that needs to keep the ()'s intact when doing a mail merge in Word. I'm using Office 2003. It worked perfectly in Office 97. Any ideas? I've read the external website http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm on using switches and this might do the trick. I was curious to see if anyone had any other suggestions to keep this formatting intact. Thanks! |
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Your instructions worked flawlessly. Thanks for the response.
G "Graham Mayor" wrote: Microsoft has changed the default way that Word connects to external data, so Word is now expected to provide the formatting. My web link that you referred to explains how to do this. An alternative is to use the earlier method of connection and this explained at http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_lab...th_word_xp.htm. However the former solution is simpler. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org G-Man wrote: I've got a financial-based Excel file that needs to keep the ()'s intact when doing a mail merge in Word. I'm using Office 2003. It worked perfectly in Office 97. Any ideas? I've read the external website http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm on using switches and this might do the trick. I was curious to see if anyone had any other suggestions to keep this formatting intact. Thanks! |
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