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Old August 20th, 2009, 01:04 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields
DeeDeeCee
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Default Formatting a field result in Word

I have a table that I use--it has a column of figures which in the last box I
tally. I use Word's feature where you can insert a field like this:
{=sum(c1:c6)}

IF there are no cents in the column, it returns a number like this: 760
But I would like to return it in this format: 760.00, or even better: $760.00

Can someone clear up for me if I can add some switches or other formatting
to the field to make the number turn out this way?

Thanks.

ddc
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Old August 20th, 2009, 01:31 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields
Doug Robbins - Word MVP
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Default Formatting a field result in Word

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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I have a table that I use--it has a column of figures which in the last box
I
tally. I use Word's feature where you can insert a field like this:
{=sum(c1:c6)}

IF there are no cents in the column, it returns a number like this: 760
But I would like to return it in this format: 760.00, or even better:
$760.00

Can someone clear up for me if I can add some switches or other formatting
to the field to make the number turn out this way?

Thanks.

ddc


 




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