Simply add a numeric picture switch to your field code:



{={MERGEFIELD TaxExplorer_TaxCalc_SA302_CY_Bal_PMT}+{MERGEFIELD TaxExplorer_TaxCalc_SA302_NY_POA1} \# 0.00}

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]

Thanks for the reply but my problem seems to lie with the merge field I labelled as "1." .. as this is the field that appears blank if no balance is due?

So it would be something to change the 'blank' outcome currently to output "0.00" ... of what I come to believe would be done via an IF statement?

noob to word and mail merging.

thanks