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decimal points when merged with Excel formula
When I merged Excel spreadshheets to Word documents, the
number of decimal points shows up on the merged Word document does not follow the format in Excel. For example, in Excel I have formatted the column to be with only two decimal points (the original data was built by formula), but when the spreadsheet is merged to Word, I still see numbers with 9 or 10 decimal points. The problem remains when I change the formula to numbers by copying and pasting special (i.e. values). Does anyone know how to solve this problem? I would like to be able to maintain two decimal points on the merged Word document. Thank you. |
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decimal points when merged with Excel formula
See "Formatting Word fields with switches" on fellow MVP Graham Mayor's
website at http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm -- Please post any further questions or followup to the newsgroups for the benefit of others who may be interested. Unsolicited questions forwarded directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis. Hope this helps Doug Robbins - Word MVP "yma" wrote in message ... When I merged Excel spreadshheets to Word documents, the number of decimal points shows up on the merged Word document does not follow the format in Excel. For example, in Excel I have formatted the column to be with only two decimal points (the original data was built by formula), but when the spreadsheet is merged to Word, I still see numbers with 9 or 10 decimal points. The problem remains when I change the formula to numbers by copying and pasting special (i.e. values). Does anyone know how to solve this problem? I would like to be able to maintain two decimal points on the merged Word document. Thank you. |
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decimal points when merged with Excel formula
Your Excel formatting is lost when mail merge brings the
data over. To get the same result in Word, add a numeric picture switch to the mailmerge field, like '\# 0.00', so that your field looks something like: {MERGEFIELD Data \# 0.00} or {MERGEFIELD Data \# 0.00 \* Mergeformat} A complete list of switches you can use to format fields can be found by going into Word Help and searching for 'General Switches'. -----Original Message----- When I merged Excel spreadshheets to Word documents, the number of decimal points shows up on the merged Word document does not follow the format in Excel. For example, in Excel I have formatted the column to be with only two decimal points (the original data was built by formula), but when the spreadsheet is merged to Word, I still see numbers with 9 or 10 decimal points. The problem remains when I change the formula to numbers by copying and pasting special (i.e. values). Does anyone know how to solve this problem? I would like to be able to maintain two decimal points on the merged Word document. Thank you. . |
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