[Liltingbelle]

I'm trying to create a Word directory from a list of addresses/data I have in
Excel. I follow the usual Mail Merge process through Word, and everything
seems to merge properly - except for 4 columns in the middle of my data file.


The data all looks fine in the Excel file, and there's nothing unusual about
them - in fact, they're identical (in terms of formatting/data type) to the 4
columns prior to them. But when I get to the "choose mail merge recipients"
window in Word (where you can select/sort/refresh/validate the recipients),
it's like those 4 columns have been overwritten - in place of each cell's
original data, there's a "0". And only in those cells where there was data
originally; blank cells stay blank.

What's happening here, and how do I fix it?

[Graham Mayor]

See the Excel data section of
http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_lab...th_word_xp.htm

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Liltingbelle wrote:
I'm trying to create a Word directory from a list of addresses/data I
have in Excel. I follow the usual Mail Merge process through Word,
and everything seems to merge properly - except for 4 columns in the
middle of my data file.


The data all looks fine in the Excel file, and there's nothing
unusual about them - in fact, they're identical (in terms of
formatting/data type) to the 4 columns prior to them. But when I get
to the "choose mail merge recipients" window in Word (where you can
select/sort/refresh/validate the recipients), it's like those 4
columns have been overwritten - in place of each cell's original
data, there's a "0". And only in those cells where there was data
originally; blank cells stay blank.

What's happening here, and how do I fix it?