I am trying to merge fields into a table from an excel file and I would like
to formating to appear the same as the excel formating. Some of the
formatting in excel is custom ie. if the phone number is 1234567891 I want it
to show as (123) 456-7891. How do I do this?

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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Hope this helps.

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services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com

"LouBee" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I am trying to merge fields into a table from an excel file and I would
> like
> to formating to appear the same as the excel formating. Some of the
> formatting in excel is custom ie. if the phone number is 1234567891 I want
> it
> to show as (123) 456-7891. How do I do this?