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you have to set the cell format to currency. &nbsp;<br />
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right click on the cell, row or column<br />
choose format cells<br />
under 'number' set the category to currency<br />
choose the format you want <br />
click ok
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you have to set the cell format to currency.  

right click on the cell, row or column
choose format cells
under 'number' set the category to currency
choose the format you want
click ok

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I totally goofed on the question. The data is formatted as currency in excel. I'm actually importing from excel into word. Sorry about that!
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I totally goofed on the question. The data is formatted as currency in excel. I'm actually importing from excel into word. Sorry about that!

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Are you importing via mail merge or paste into a word table?
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Are you importing via mail merge or paste into a word table?

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because the mail merge field pulls just the text, you will need to have the $ and .00 before and after merge field. &nbsp;<br />
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e.g. $&lt;merge field name&gt;.00
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because the mail merge field pulls just the text, you will need to have the $ and .00 before and after merge field.  

e.g. $<merge field name>.00

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Thanks HarryHYLee for the correction, that's great information.
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Thanks HarryHYLee for the correction, that's great information.

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Hello,<br />
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I'm am importing data into excel. One of the columns I am importing are staff salaries. When I import, the data is imported in non-currency formatting. E.g. $45,000 is imported as 45000. How may I import this data and keep the currency formatting?
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Hello,

I'm am importing data into excel. One of the columns I am importing are staff salaries. When I import, the data is imported in non-currency formatting. E.g. $45,000 is imported as 45000. How may I import this data and keep the currency formatting?

Import data into excel with currency formatting

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