Tip of the Day: Retaining Excel Formats in Mail Merge

Although an Excel spreadsheet is one of the best data sources for a mail merge, it can make cause difficulties with the formatting in the final document. If you're using a spreadsheet that contains specially formatted numbers, they will most likely show up incorrectly in the Word document produced with mail merge. This tip will show you how to keep the formatting from your Excel spreadsheet when you're working with mail merge.

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