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How to format date, currency and number during mail merge in Word?

Mail merge is a useful tool to create a set of documents that are essentially the same but where each documents contain unique elements. However, when we merge some mails, we should pay more attention to the format of date, currency and number. This tutorial will show you how to format date, currency and number properly in word during mail merge.

Formatting date properly during mail merge in Word

Formatting currency and number properly during mail merge in Word

Before we change the format of date, number and currency in mail merge, we need to apply following operations firstly.

Step 1: select the merge field you want to change. In this case, it is Date field.

Step 2: Press Shift+F9 to make the field coding visible. The field you selected should now look like this:

{MERGEFIELD DATE}, {MERGEFIELD CURRENCY} or {«Percent»}


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Please add the following formatting data: \@"dd MMMM yyyy" into the merge file of date. And the merge field of date should like this:

{MERGEFIELD DATE\@ "MMMM d, yyy"}

The format of date will be like this:

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Note:you can change the date format to whatever you like. Other possible formats could be: • dd/MMM/yyyy , • d/MMM/yy, • d MMMM yyyy


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Please add the following formatting data \# $,0.00 into the merge file of currency, and the merge field of currency should look like this:

{MERGEFIELD CURRENCY\# $,0.00}

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Note:the '\# $,0.00' in the field is referred to as a numeric picture switch. Other possibilities include:

(1). \# 0 for rounded whole numbers

(2). \# ,0 for rounded whole numbers with a thousand separator

(3). \# ,0.00 for numbers accurate to two decimal places, with a thousand separator

(4). \# $,0 for rounded whole dollar with a thousand separator

(5). \# "$,0.00;($,0.00);'-'" for currency, with brackets around negative numbers and a hyphen for 0 values

Besides, sometimes the number may be percentage, you may need to edit the field{ «Percent» } so that you get {=«Percent»*100 \# 0.00%}.

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May i know how to set a date field {MERGEFIELD "PrintDate" } but i would like to display that date +14 days later.

earlier : MERGEFIELD PrintDate \@ "dd/MM/yyyy" then may i know how to + 14 days then display at word?
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Pour le champ monétaire je fais la modification {MERGEFIELD nombre \#"# ###,00 €"}, cela fonctionne, mais quand je ferme la lettre cela n'est pas mémorisé pour l'ouverture suivante, je doit corriger à chaque ouverture de la lettre. pourquoi?
Autre souci avec le bloc d'adresse, je dois l'effacer et le réinsérer à chaque fois.
merci pour votre aide.
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I used the formula above to get my fields to add the comma separator, add the dollar sign, and make negative amounts appear in parentheses, and nothing changed with the fields at all.  What could I be doing wrong?
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Hi there
In MS Word, I want to use a numeric mail merge field with this switch # "$,0.##" at the end of a sentence. If I enter a full stop after the mail merge field, then if the merged data doesn't contain cents, there will be a full stop after the decimal place, which means there will be two full stops next to each other. Could you please tell me if there is a way I can specify that I only want a final full stop if the merged figure contains cents? Many thanks for any assistance
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Hi, Sophie, is your data is whole number or decimal number? If all of your data is whole number, you can try this: \# $,0
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HOW CAN WRITE NUMBER LIKE THIS -2.00 OR +3.00 IN MAIL MERGE
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Hi, KIRAN, if you want to show the number as -$2.00 or $+3.00, you can use this field \# "+ $#,##0.00", if you want to show the number as -2.00 or +3.00, use this filed\# "+#,##0.00"
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Attempting to switch a currency field into words from a mail merge field. Any ideas; nothing I'm doing is working.
MERGEFIELD "TOTALAMOUNTDUE \\* DollarText"
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THANKS GUYS, U RE THE BEST!
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how do i do 23rd of october 2019
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hi..

my date changed to code like this; 43696
anybody can help?
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Hi, I have the same problem ... In other places it is working, but it is one place where I also get the number 4043. Is it something wrong in excel or in word??? The field code looks like {MERGEFIELD Licencijos_data\@ "yyyy-MM-dd"
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I also facing the same problem... i already tried all the format \@ ..... but still not working.

Im using word 2013

Help me plz
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YOU ARE AMAZING.... after years of fighting with currency in mail merges, finally the easiest and RIGHT answer.
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