Merge data into word document form Excel, large signific number

When I merge data into a word document from an excel data sheet, I sometimes
get and excess of signficant number into the merged feild. For example when
I entered the number 7.8 in the excel data sheet the merged number in the
wrd dcument become 7.7999999999999998. How do I prevent this from happening?

Thanks

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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"ecoeng" wrote in message
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When I merge data into a word document from an excel data sheet, I
sometimes
get and excess of signficant number into the merged feild. For example
when
I entered the number 7.8 in the excel data sheet the merged number in
the
wrd dcument become 7.7999999999999998. How do I prevent this from
happening?

Thanks