What happens if you type in 5.5 preceded by an apostrophe '

Also you might be better off posting an a Word newsgroup since mailmerge is
done in Word

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MailMerge/index.htm

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Regards,

Peo Sjoblom

Northwest Excel Solutions

www.nwexcelsolutions.com

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Portland, Oregon




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> I am using a word document to mail merge data from an excel spreadsheet.
> When i merge figures they appear perfect in the word doc if they are
> rounded, but if they are not rounded they appear with loads of figures
> after them for example if i place 5.5 in cell it will appear fine in
> the word doc but if i put 5.6 it would appear 5.5999999999999996 i
> would really appreciate any help. i have tried formatting it into
> different types text number s etc but no luck, i don't know where the
> error is?
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