I'm working up a Word mail merge "Thank you" letter for a non-profit that lists the dates and amounts given for each donor during the year for tax deduction purposes.

For this, I've relied heavily on the Word Catalogue Mailmerge tutorial and after great difficulty understanding it, I'm now beginning to 'get it'. Thank you Paul!

So, now I can list the values, but how do I format them to look 'good' on the page? For me, that means right justifying the $ amounts under the "Amount" heading. Is that best done with tabs? How do I specify that within the field code syntax that I'm using to generate the list? Also, how to underline the heading text? The output would ideally look something like this - only better.



Date………......Amount
Feb/01/2013 $225.00
Mar/01/2013 $10.00
Apr/01/2013 $50.00
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Total $285.00

Finally, I'd like to have Total line at the bottom with a sum of the amounts. Is that best calculated as a formula the Excel spreadsheet? How would I underline the last amount

Thanks again for the tutorial.