How to format number in Word mailmerge, Microsoft Word Mail Merge

Sometimes during a MailMerge the Currency value from an Excel or other data file is displayed with more than 2 decimal places. This is because it displays the data the way it has been stored for that software.

To resolve this issue do the following:-

1. Open the Word document ( before the MailMerge )

2. Press keys Alt-F9 ( this displays special characters )

3. To the right of the position where the currency value will display

enter £{ mergeformat \# 0.00 “p2”}

Many other options are possible.

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