Mail Merge field not displayed correctly

[Mark]

Hi,

I am trying to do a mail merge from an excel sheet which has the data .
The field which i have the problem is percentage field instead of displaying
1.30% it shows the following 1.3000000000000001E-2
I tried all the combinations of field formatting but was unable to get it
corrected .I have made sure the field in excel is in percentage.

Please help


Mark

 

[macropod]

Hi Mark,

In Word, add a formula and numeric picture switch to the mergefield. To do this:
.. select your mergefield, which will look something like «Percent»;
.. press Ctrl-F9 to wrap another field around it, thus - { «Percent» };
.. edit the field so that you get {=«Percent»*100 \# 0.00%};
.. position the cursor anywhere in this field and press F9 to update it;
.. run your mailmerge.

Note: the precision of the displayed value is controilled by the '0.00'. You can use anything from '0' to '0.000000000000000'.