How do you keep Excel currency formatting during a mail merge?

[Guest]

I would like to be able to enter currency in Excel as a simple number (ex:
2000) and, when I merge the database to my MSWord Document using Mail Merge,
I would like the number to show up formatted as currency (ex: $2,000.00).
How do I do that?

 

[Dave Peterson]

Debra Dalgleish posted this to a similar question:

There's an article on the Microsoft web site that might help you:

Answer Box: Numbers don't merge right in Word
http://office.microsoft.com/en-ca/assistance/HA011164951033.aspx

And if you prefer the old Mail Merge helper, Word MVP Suzanne Barnhill
has instructions here:

http://home.earthlink.net/~wordfaqs/CustomizingWord2002.htm

about half way down the page.