3 Ways to Format Mail Merge Numbers

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3 жыл бұрын

When you import numbers from Excel into a Word document using Mail Merge, do the numbers look like 9.89898989898989898? If so, there are 3 ways to fix the problem.
For the tip sheet linked to this video, and to access other videos by Rich Malloy and Tech Help Today, click: techhelptoday.com/videos/
If you are new to Mail Merge, be sure to watch my introductory video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fqmbjd2J2t6Ye4k.html

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@BridgetteLemon-v8u
@BridgetteLemon-v8u 16 күн бұрын
Very thorough and helpful - thank you :)
@saniyashaukat9486
@saniyashaukat9486 Жыл бұрын
Tried several techniques, but hands down this is the best one which had explained properly and clearly!
@techhelptoday274
@techhelptoday274 Жыл бұрын
Glad it helped! Thanks for letting me know.
@jjuukowilliamgeorge679
@jjuukowilliamgeorge679 28 күн бұрын
I just like this old man"Rich" keep it up
@amyluckenbill5515
@amyluckenbill5515 11 ай бұрын
Yes. Hands down, the best tutorial. Quick fix using picture switch. Thank you for the lesson!!
@annieslovelight6617
@annieslovelight6617 Жыл бұрын
works one day and not the next. Love your instruction style! Thank you!
@techhelptoday274
@techhelptoday274 Жыл бұрын
You're welcome! Good luck with it.
@bucknips
@bucknips 9 ай бұрын
Thank you, Thank you!!!! You are a very good teacher!
@vasilisa6128
@vasilisa6128 8 ай бұрын
Thank you so much, Rich! In just 2.5 minutes you solved my problem that had been going on for many years! It helped! I couldn't fight this number format errors before, finally for a long time I saved it as text, but I haven't used TEXT function with format option! Thank you!
@techhelptoday274
@techhelptoday274 7 ай бұрын
Glad it helped! Thanks for your feedback.
@user-np5vf4ei3e
@user-np5vf4ei3e 10 ай бұрын
This was the best help I found for currency and date, Thank you!
@sharonannis103
@sharonannis103 Жыл бұрын
THANK YOU! You saved me so much time just be doing the excel TEXT function!!!!
@Kreeper_kat
@Kreeper_kat 2 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU! I've used the DDE method for years and now it stopped working. Your video was a life saver.
@techhelptoday274
@techhelptoday274 2 жыл бұрын
Glad it helped! It's a real shame about DDE.
@kk-lw7fi
@kk-lw7fi 2 жыл бұрын
I have never seen such a nice presentation before! Great!
@techhelptoday274
@techhelptoday274 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the feedback. I'm glad you liked it!
@audreytania8240
@audreytania8240 9 ай бұрын
Awesome!! Option no. 3 works for me. Thank you so much 🎉 ..and I subscribed! 😊
@merbella4201
@merbella4201 Жыл бұрын
very helpful video - solved my issue with mail erge and figures with excesive numbers after the decimal point.
@brendachin6664
@brendachin6664 7 ай бұрын
Very helpful, well done
@sarayukiran
@sarayukiran 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much. Second option of converting to text functions worked for me.
@techhelptoday274
@techhelptoday274 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the feedback. The Excel TEXT function is probably the simplest way to handle the problem.
@credeharrison9583
@credeharrison9583 Жыл бұрын
A great presentation, easy to understand, and very helpful. One thing missing which would be more useful for me would be to add percentages.
@techhelptoday274
@techhelptoday274 Жыл бұрын
Great suggestion, Crede! I should have included that. HansV MVP has a nice solution at answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/formatting-a-percentage-in-a-merge-field/7a62c1e6-250e-4483-991b-3ab40b740443 . And thanks for the kind words.
@user-ny2tv2uq4c
@user-ny2tv2uq4c 4 ай бұрын
So helpful! And it works! Thank you.
@techhelptoday274
@techhelptoday274 3 ай бұрын
Great to hear!
@iAnguel
@iAnguel Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video. I think it's incredible that we need to deal with such things in 2022. As usual, big thanks go to Microsoft for requiring a time-consuming workaround in each and every feature we touch...
@techhelptoday274
@techhelptoday274 Жыл бұрын
Great comment. I totally agree!
@darshanshah9014
@darshanshah9014 2 жыл бұрын
Post Decimal solutions is unique... Thank you so much
@techhelptoday274
@techhelptoday274 2 жыл бұрын
Happy to help.
@sitimariamali6719
@sitimariamali6719 2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic sir, it was easily understood and easily done. Thank you so much sir.
@techhelptoday274
@techhelptoday274 2 жыл бұрын
You are most welcome. Glad you found it useful.
@carmelpine8016
@carmelpine8016 2 жыл бұрын
Thankyou very much for the clear explanation..... I have used it into my work ......it is very helpful ..... Hope for your more vedios....Godbless...🙂
@techhelptoday274
@techhelptoday274 2 жыл бұрын
You are most welcome. I am glad you found it useful.
@wizanashukri5661
@wizanashukri5661 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much, Sir.. This is so helpful!
@techhelptoday274
@techhelptoday274 2 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome! I'm glad you found it useful.
@franciscojrosero
@franciscojrosero 2 жыл бұрын
That was helpful! Thank you.
@techhelptoday274
@techhelptoday274 2 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome. I'm glad you found it useful.
@hashimumer7319
@hashimumer7319 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! i loved the content.
@techhelptoday274
@techhelptoday274 2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it, Hashim!
@foster0013
@foster0013 2 жыл бұрын
Such a nice presentation. Thankyou
@techhelptoday274
@techhelptoday274 2 жыл бұрын
You are most welcome. I hope you found it useful. - Rich
@tammyicious
@tammyicious 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks. This was very helpful.
@techhelptoday274
@techhelptoday274 2 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear it!
@pokuanchoo4180
@pokuanchoo4180 Жыл бұрын
Thanks. Very useful. Solved my problem
@techhelptoday274
@techhelptoday274 Жыл бұрын
Glad it helped.
@milenadoncev
@milenadoncev 3 ай бұрын
Tnx a lot!
@xuannguyenphongnghinh5460
@xuannguyenphongnghinh5460 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much your video saved my report!
@techhelptoday274
@techhelptoday274 2 жыл бұрын
You're so welcome! I'm glad it helped. - Rich
@thequaidazamcollege
@thequaidazamcollege 2 жыл бұрын
Sir, Thank you so much. Superb and Unique Teaching.
@techhelptoday274
@techhelptoday274 2 жыл бұрын
You are most welcome.
@ornashuva
@ornashuva Жыл бұрын
very good and clear explanation.
@techhelptoday274
@techhelptoday274 Жыл бұрын
Glad you think so!
@shanhussain3202
@shanhussain3202 Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much and appreciated .
@techhelptoday274
@techhelptoday274 Жыл бұрын
You are very welcome!
@LucretiaVanPelt
@LucretiaVanPelt 3 ай бұрын
Thank you, kindly!
@techhelptoday274
@techhelptoday274 3 ай бұрын
You're very welcome!
@paulawhite342
@paulawhite342 2 жыл бұрын
DDE Worked !!!! Thank you!
@techhelptoday274
@techhelptoday274 2 жыл бұрын
Glad it helped. Thanks for letting me know.
@ZebAcademy
@ZebAcademy 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Sir. help a lot
@techhelptoday274
@techhelptoday274 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your note. I'm glad you found the video useful.
@judithroom3656
@judithroom3656 5 ай бұрын
Hi are you able to add in the mail merge code for a date that is in the UK format eg day/ month/ year not month/ day/ year? Thank you
@user-ij5yn4jl2v
@user-ij5yn4jl2v 8 ай бұрын
I've just put a $ sign in front of the first bracket { and it worked. Then a % sign in front of the last bracket where I wanted a percentage figure, also worked.
@mohammedziyad1381
@mohammedziyad1381 Жыл бұрын
Awesome tip...
@techhelptoday274
@techhelptoday274 Жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it.
@pashayevagunay6663
@pashayevagunay6663 7 ай бұрын
I need support. I need the number format as #.0,00 as per Italy and Netherlands regulations. The format is correct in excel but when I do mail merge it disappears. I need support
@user-lw1so1sw7w
@user-lw1so1sw7w 6 ай бұрын
Option 3 did NOT work for me. I will try and see if there's a Power Automate version of Microsoft Word print to do this in 365. When you do Power Automate for E-Mails it doesn't seem to have trouble transferring over the $amount. Gosh, this is difficult!!!!
@bindersidhu2008
@bindersidhu2008 2 жыл бұрын
Useful information
@techhelptoday274
@techhelptoday274 2 жыл бұрын
Binder, glad you think so!
@IvanIvanov-us7yu
@IvanIvanov-us7yu Жыл бұрын
Hello! Could you tell, please, how to display common fractions? For example, I have 0.5 in Excel and I need 1/2 in Word. Can't find information anywhere.
@tutsecret499
@tutsecret499 Жыл бұрын
Thank you. Question: When we merge into outlook does merge at once all the letters together, or it separates in single letter for each email automatically? does it merge into the outbox and then later we decide to e-mail, or it delivers the email right away after merging. I ask because I am afraid to e-mail wrong letter or to wrong person, who knows, it would be ideal when merging, should go to outbox or to a special box, and to be reviewed and then we email.
@techhelptoday274
@techhelptoday274 Жыл бұрын
You have a valid concern. Always test a Mail Merge email message by sending it to yourself. You can send several copies to yourself simply by repeating your email address in your database file.
@theviraltreat
@theviraltreat Жыл бұрын
Hi, I am facing error in word output. My alphanumeric value viz. MTX3852 is displayed as ZERO in word. Please help to get it fixed. Thanks in advance.
@bilallechvien4558
@bilallechvien4558 Жыл бұрын
nice video
@techhelptoday274
@techhelptoday274 Жыл бұрын
Thank you. Glad you liked it.
@user-or7jy2bd7f
@user-or7jy2bd7f 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much. Second option of converting to text functions worked But the Unicode language file does not work. Please reply
@techhelptoday274
@techhelptoday274 2 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry to hear you are having trouble with a Unicode language file. Could you please give me more details on this problem? - Rich
@user-or7jy2bd7f
@user-or7jy2bd7f Жыл бұрын
Unicode language indian marathi font word file does not work. Please reply
@RameshKumar-ur1qy
@RameshKumar-ur1qy Жыл бұрын
Hi how to use ordinals from excel to word pls help
@techhelptoday274
@techhelptoday274 Жыл бұрын
Good question. Use the code: \* Ordinal
@gregdubz3522
@gregdubz3522 Жыл бұрын
Thanks. but what if you are filling out a form where you need the comma for a large number but you also do NOT want the comma if the value is 0? Example: 1,000.00 and 0.00 in the same data set.
@techhelptoday274
@techhelptoday274 Жыл бұрын
If you use the code #,##0.00, the comma will only appear if you have four or more digits to the left of the decimal point.
@GLITCH15_17
@GLITCH15_17 Жыл бұрын
@@techhelptoday274 Hi there, am trying to use this formula in my Mail Merge Word doc: #,##0.00 however I need as separator not a "'," but a "." and then for decimals I need a "',". So basically instead of having 2,546.37 I need to have 2.546,37. Is this achievable?
@lbc4479
@lbc4479 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you sir! #reallifesuperhero
@techhelptoday274
@techhelptoday274 2 жыл бұрын
You are most welcome. Glad you enjoyed it.
@abduljawad778
@abduljawad778 2 жыл бұрын
Hello, I have two different accounts in MS Outlook 365 I want to mail merge from a word file to one of the accounts. However, I made that account a default still sending from the other account which I don’t want. Can someone please help me with this?
@techhelptoday274
@techhelptoday274 2 жыл бұрын
If in Word you click "Mailings > Select Recipients > Choose from Outlook contacts", you should be able to choose which Outlook Profile you want, and which Contacts list in the profile you want. If that is not possible, I suggest exporting the contact list to Excel and using that as your data source. Hope that helps.
@ClaudiaAgostinho
@ClaudiaAgostinho Жыл бұрын
In Office 365 only works the first option. In older versions I used the DDE and was easier
@ferryboma
@ferryboma Жыл бұрын
its easier to use codes, i think
@shaheedapetersen4228
@shaheedapetersen4228 2 жыл бұрын
None of the methods worked for me.
@techhelptoday274
@techhelptoday274 2 жыл бұрын
Sorry to hear that. What version of Word were you using? What kinds of problems were you seeing?
@tubeguiller007
@tubeguiller007 2 жыл бұрын
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@techhelptoday274
@techhelptoday274 2 жыл бұрын
OK. Thanks for taking the time to respond. All types of feedback are appreciated.
@tubeguiller007
@tubeguiller007 Жыл бұрын
@@techhelptoday274 I have to say, I may wish for something shorter, but I always come back to your channel whenever I have a doubt. Sorry for my ways, but thank you very much for your understanding and accepting my rant. You are a splendid teacher.
@sarfraz.soomro
@sarfraz.soomro Жыл бұрын
how can we convert Date in to Text ? Example. 16/11/2022 Sixteenth November Two Thousand Twenty Two
@sarfraz.soomro
@sarfraz.soomro Жыл бұрын
After Mail Merge Result
@techhelptoday274
@techhelptoday274 Жыл бұрын
Well, there is no Excel function that can convert numbers or dates in to words such as one, two, etc. But, you can create your own custom function to do that using VBA. Here is a link from Microsoft that might help you: support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/convert-numbers-into-words-a0d166fb-e1ea-4090-95c8-69442cd55d98
@mirama765
@mirama765 Жыл бұрын
Good day! {MERGEFIELD TaxItem.TaxRate \# ##%} doesn't print the 0%. We see only the percentage sign, the ZERO desappears completely... 6%, 12% are printing without problem, but not ZERO%. Please help.
@techhelptoday274
@techhelptoday274 Жыл бұрын
Use the code: \# 0% Note that the # symbol will display all numerals except a leading zero. By contrast, the 0 symbol will display all numerals including a leading zero (or a following zero after the decimal point). For example the format code ##.## might display a number as 3.1 while 00.00 will display the same number as 03.10. I hope this helps.
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