Hi Baldeagle,

The stuff re Shift-F9 applies to fields, but it seems you want to apply the format to table cells without fields. Word doesn't have that kind of automatic formatting for tables. It can do it automatically with formfields, but adding kind of functionality would require a lot more processing (you can't have the required formfields in a mailmerge main document) to add the formfields after the mailmerge is done.

I note also that you have content controls in the 'Allocations' document. You need to be aware that, for users of earlier versions of Word: (a) they may be unable to open docx files (Word 2003 & earlier can only open such files if the MS converter has been installed); and (b) even if they can, the content controls will be deleted but the 'Enter Amount' text will remain and have to be deleted before an amount can be input.

As for the hyperlinks, if you're using an addin from the link I provided, it may be that the code it uses a command like '.Fields.Unlink' as part of its processing. That would clobber the hyperlinks.

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]