Merge fields

[Guest]

Can I insert a merge field in a word formula.
An amount is being merged from a database and we would like to decrease the
number by 50.00. And insert into a word document.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You need this field:

{ = { MERGEFIELD "Name of Field" } - 50.00 }

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

{ = { MERGEFIELD fieldcontainingamounttobedecreased } - 50 \# ",#.00" }

You must use Ctrl+F9 for the field delimiters {}

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