[dory]

I use excel which contains zipcodes that begin with zero. When I merge the
spreadsheet for letters and labels, the zeros disappear (I get a four diget
zipcode instead of five).

I formated the column as a zip code, but it still doesn't work.

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

See "Formatting Word fields with switches" on fellow MVP Graham Mayor's
website at

http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm


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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"Dory" wrote in message
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I use excel which contains zipcodes that begin with zero. When I merge the
spreadsheet for letters and labels, the zeros disappear (I get a four
diget
zipcode instead of five).

I formated the column as a zip code, but it still doesn't work.