see
http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm

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K Mascolll wrote in message ...
Hi,

When I merge a field from excel to a letter in word it converts the cells,
which are formatted as a % into scientific format. Is there a way to get
the cells to show up as they should?

There is no formula on the cells. For example, 0.0016 is the data,
formatted to a % it reads 0.16%

Thanks

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