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Old May 19th, 2004, 11:29 AM
Jack
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I am merging from access. I have created a query and used
calculations. I've formatted the calculated fields to
display as a percentage with no decimal places. When
opening the query the formatting works. When I merge to
Word the formatting is lost and istead of saying 40%, it
will come up as 0.41354836739. Any support would be very
helpful.

Jack
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Old May 19th, 2004, 12:27 PM
Graham Mayor
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Default % Format Lost

Word is now expected to provide the formatting and from your calculation has
worked out the result to be
0.41354836739 which equates to a round figure of 41%
To get it to display that, you would need to use a calculated field in Word
eg

{={Mergefield fieldname} * 100 \# "0%"}

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

Web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site www.mvps.org/word





Jack wrote:
I am merging from access. I have created a query and used
calculations. I've formatted the calculated fields to
display as a percentage with no decimal places. When
opening the query the formatting works. When I merge to
Word the formatting is lost and istead of saying 40%, it
will come up as 0.41354836739. Any support would be very
helpful.

Jack



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Old May 19th, 2004, 05:11 PM
Jack
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Default % Format Lost

This may sound like I know nothing, but when I enter that
formula a santax error comes up, or a undefined bookmark,
ANDORRAPE. messsge comes up. What is the exact code I
would need to input for the merge field "andorrapercent"
for example? Also it is in the formula menu under table?

Thanks

Jack


-----Original Message-----
Word is now expected to provide the formatting and from

your calculation has
worked out the result to be
0.41354836739 which equates to a round figure of 41%
To get it to display that, you would need to use a

calculated field in Word
eg

{={Mergefield fieldname} * 100 \# "0%"}

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

Web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site www.mvps.org/word





Jack wrote:
I am merging from access. I have created a query and

used
calculations. I've formatted the calculated fields to
display as a percentage with no decimal places. When
opening the query the formatting works. When I merge to
Word the formatting is lost and istead of saying 40%,

it
will come up as 0.41354836739. Any support would be

very
helpful.

Jack



.

  #4  
Old May 19th, 2004, 05:28 PM
Graham Mayor
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Default % Format Lost

If the data field is called 'andorrapercent'

then the construction would be:
{={Mergefield andorrapercent} * 100 \# "0%"}

Note that you need to enter this manually using CTRL+F9 to set each pair of
field boundaries - see http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm
which I updated as a result of your question.


--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

Web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site www.mvps.org/word





Jack wrote:
This may sound like I know nothing, but when I enter that
formula a santax error comes up, or a undefined bookmark,
ANDORRAPE. messsge comes up. What is the exact code I
would need to input for the merge field "andorrapercent"
for example? Also it is in the formula menu under table?

Thanks

Jack


-----Original Message-----
Word is now expected to provide the formatting and from your
calculation has worked out the result to be
0.41354836739 which equates to a round figure of 41%
To get it to display that, you would need to use a calculated field
in Word eg

{={Mergefield fieldname} * 100 \# "0%"}

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

Web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site www.mvps.org/word





Jack wrote:
I am merging from access. I have created a query and used
calculations. I've formatted the calculated fields to
display as a percentage with no decimal places. When
opening the query the formatting works. When I merge to
Word the formatting is lost and istead of saying 40%, it
will come up as 0.41354836739. Any support would be very
helpful.

Jack



.




  #5  
Old May 19th, 2004, 05:51 PM
Jack
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Default % Format Lost

I am still trying to resolve this, but I get the error
message "!santex error, andorrape" I am using Word 2000
(I don't know if this makes a difference)

Thanks

Jack


-----Original Message-----
If the data field is called 'andorrapercent'

then the construction would be:
{={Mergefield andorrapercent} * 100 \# "0%"}

Note that you need to enter this manually using CTRL+F9

to set each pair of
field boundaries - see

http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm
which I updated as a result of your question.


--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

Web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site www.mvps.org/word





Jack wrote:
This may sound like I know nothing, but when I enter

that
formula a santax error comes up, or a undefined

bookmark,
ANDORRAPE. messsge comes up. What is the exact code I
would need to input for the merge

field "andorrapercent"
for example? Also it is in the formula menu under

table?

Thanks

Jack


-----Original Message-----
Word is now expected to provide the formatting and

from your
calculation has worked out the result to be
0.41354836739 which equates to a round figure of 41%
To get it to display that, you would need to use a

calculated field
in Word eg

{={Mergefield fieldname} * 100 \# "0%"}

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

Web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site www.mvps.org/word





Jack wrote:
I am merging from access. I have created a query and

used
calculations. I've formatted the calculated fields to
display as a percentage with no decimal places. When
opening the query the formatting works. When I merge

to
Word the formatting is lost and istead of saying

40%, it
will come up as 0.41354836739. Any support would be

very
helpful.

Jack


.




.

  #6  
Old May 19th, 2004, 06:08 PM
Jack
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Default % Format Lost


I have now figured it out, blame it on a long day at
work. Thank you VERY much,

Jack


-----Original Message-----
I am still trying to resolve this, but I get the error
message "!santex error, andorrape" I am using Word 2000
(I don't know if this makes a difference)

Thanks

Jack


-----Original Message-----
If the data field is called 'andorrapercent'

then the construction would be:
{={Mergefield andorrapercent} * 100 \# "0%"}

Note that you need to enter this manually using CTRL+F9

to set each pair of
field boundaries - see

http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm
which I updated as a result of your question.


--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

Web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site www.mvps.org/word





Jack wrote:
This may sound like I know nothing, but when I enter

that
formula a santax error comes up, or a undefined

bookmark,
ANDORRAPE. messsge comes up. What is the exact code I
would need to input for the merge

field "andorrapercent"
for example? Also it is in the formula menu under

table?

Thanks

Jack


-----Original Message-----
Word is now expected to provide the formatting and

from your
calculation has worked out the result to be
0.41354836739 which equates to a round figure of 41%
To get it to display that, you would need to use a

calculated field
in Word eg

{={Mergefield fieldname} * 100 \# "0%"}

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

Web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site www.mvps.org/word





Jack wrote:
I am merging from access. I have created a query

and
used
calculations. I've formatted the calculated fields

to
display as a percentage with no decimal places. When
opening the query the formatting works. When I

merge
to
Word the formatting is lost and istead of saying

40%, it
will come up as 0.41354836739. Any support would be

very
helpful.

Jack


.




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