zip code with leading zero ok in excel but mail merge has no zero
Hi flyguy,
The following field code correctly formats 5-digit and 5+4-digit Zip Code data, even where the source data may have incorrect
formatting such as a hyphen followed by trailing 0s after plain 5-digit Zip Codes (eg because a db only accepts Zip Codes in the
5+4-digit format) or is formatted as a 5-digit or 9-digit string without hyphens. A data field named €˜ZipCode is assumed.
{QUOTE
{SET Zip {MERGEFIELD ZipCode}}
{IF{Zip} 99999 {SET Zip {Zip \# "00000'-'0000"}}}
"{=-{=-{Zip}-Zip}/2 \# 00000;;}{=-({Zip}*(-1)-Zip)/2 \# ;-0000;}"}
Note: The field brace pairs (ie '{ }') for the above example are created via Ctrl-F9 - you can't simply type them or copy & paste
them from this message.
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Cheers
macropod
[Microsoft MVP - Word]
"flyguy" wrote in message ...
I am creating mailing labels using mail merge function. In Excel I have
formatted the a column as zip code, so it will enable leading zero. That
works fine, but when I do the mail merge, the zip codes do not have a leading
zero.
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