Hit Alt+F9, Richard. You should then be able to view the merge fields so you
can edit it.
See:
http://www.officearticles.com/word/m...osoft_word.htm

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"Richard" wrote in message
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Where do I actually add the switch?

"Doug Robbins" wrote:

Add the following format picture switch to the field

\# "0;-0;"

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"Richard" wrote in message
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How can I surpress the printing of zeros in a field that is blank in
the
data
source (in this cace, Excel)