Mail merge from excel to word

[Guest]

Hi

I am having trouble mail merging numbers and formulas from excel to word

The information merges successfully, however numbers are given 15 decimal points once merged, I have tried all format choices within excel to no avail

Please help

Thank you
Helen

 

[Debra Dalgleish]

After you select your Excel file as a data source, you should see a
'Confirm Data Source' dialog box. From that list, choose 'MS Excel
Worksheets via DDE (*.xls)', and your formatting will be retained.

If you have to connect through a different source, you can format the
fields in the Word document. For example, to specify a number of decimals:

1. In Word, in the Main Document, press Alt+F9 to view the field codes.
2. Find the field code for the number. It will look something like:
{ MERGEFIELD FieldName }
3. Add a switch, to format the number with two decimal places.
For example:
{ MERGEFIELD FieldName \# "#,##0.00" }
4. Press Alt+F9 to hide the field codes.
5. Save the Main Document