What format do I use to mail merge percentages?

[Lily1521]

I am trying to do a mail merge that has names, dollar amounts and
percentages. Using the Answer Box : Numbers don't merge right in Word, I
figured out how to get the dollar amounts to merge correctly, but I didn't
find a formate to use to get the percentages to merge correctly. The best I
can do is 1%, it is rounding it up although I do not have a decimal point in
the percentage. So, what format do I use to merge the percentages?

[Dave Peterson]

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/as...164951033.aspx

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

http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/C...ngWord2002.htm

about half way down the page.

Lily1521 wrote:
>
> I am trying to do a mail merge that has names, dollar amounts and
> percentages. Using the Answer Box : Numbers don't merge right in Word, I
> figured out how to get the dollar amounts to merge correctly, but I didn't
> find a formate to use to get the percentages to merge correctly. The best I
> can do is 1%, it is rounding it up although I do not have a decimal point in
> the percentage. So, what format do I use to merge the percentages?

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Dave Peterson