How do I maintain number formatting in a mail merge?

[Skittles]

When creating a mail merge that will import data from an EXCEL spreadsheet,
the number formatting changes. Trailing zeros, commas, and decimal points
vanish. How can I maintain the formatting on the spreadsheet?

 

[Doug Robbins]

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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Doug Robbins - Word MVP