When merging phone numbers do not keep formatting why?

[Guest]

When I am merging data from an excel sheet the phone numbers are from format/
cells/ special /phone numbers but after I merge the data it come out with no
formating all the number are together.

 

[Dave Peterson]

Do you mean mailmerge with MSWord?

Debra Dalgleish posted this to a similar question about formatting
dates/decimals.

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://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/CustomizingWord2002.htm

about half way down the page.