exporting to word

I am trying to mail merge in word using excel spreadsheet
as data fields. Trouble is what appears in s sheet
doesn't appear in word e.g. in s sheet may be 3.90 - in
word becomes 3.8999999991 and 3.60 becomes 3.6. Have
setting as numbers with 2 decimal places. Have tried
currency etc. but makes no diference. Help!

Annette redlin wrote:
Trouble is what appears in s sheet
doesn't appear in word e.g. in s sheet may be 3.90 - in
word becomes 3.8999999991 and 3.60 becomes 3.6. Have
setting as numbers with 2 decimal places.


There is a difference between the value held in a cell and the value
displayed when that cell is given a particular number format.
Word is seeing the value held in the cell.

You could probably force the value in the cell to be what you want by
using a formula, either

=ROUND(A2,2)
or
=TEXT(A2,"0.00")

where you replace A2 by the formula that is currently in the cell or by
a reference to a cell containing the value that you were previously
using.

Bill Manville
MVP - Microsoft Excel, Oxford, England
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Hi Annette,
Be sure to have your Excel spreadsheet as the first worksheet tab in your workbook.
To alleviate formatting problems such as with currency so you use what you see in Excel:
In the Confirm Data Source dialog box,
click the MS Excel Worksheets via DDE (*.xls), and then click OK.

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