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Format National Insurance Number
I am using an excel record for mailmerge and would like to format a national
insurance record. The text field is for example AA112233B, and I would like to merge the field divided into separated segments eg. AA 11 22 33 B. Dates and numerical data are fine, but I'm not sure exactly what is needed for alpha-numeric? |
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Format National Insurance Number
As far as I am aware, there is no simple way to do this.
The options a 1. Format it correctly in the Excel data file or. 2. Derive three additional fields from the NI field using LEFT RIGHT and MID functions in Excel to separate the three parts of the number i.e. 2 letters 6 numbers 1 letter and merge those fields - wherein you can format the number field in Word with a switch http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm or 3. Merge to a new document and run a macro to format the number: Sub FormatNI() Selection.Find.ClearFormatting Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting With Selection.Find .Text = "([A-Z]{2})([0-9]{2})([0-9]{2})([0-9]{2})([A-Z])" .Replacement.Text = "\1 \2 \3 \4 \5" .Forward = True .Wrap = wdFindContinue .Format = False .MatchCase = False .MatchWholeWord = False .MatchAllWordForms = False .MatchSoundsLike = False .MatchWildcards = True End With Selection.Find.Execute replace:=wdReplaceAll End Sub -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org M-Hop wrote: I am using an excel record for mailmerge and would like to format a national insurance record. The text field is for example AA112233B, and I would like to merge the field divided into separated segments eg. AA 11 22 33 B. Dates and numerical data are fine, but I'm not sure exactly what is needed for alpha-numeric? |
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