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Default Word adding ".0" tothe end of all zipcode mergefields

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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"jayceejay" wrote in message
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I am using Excel as my data source. I have a field entitled "Zip Code"
which
is formatted as "Special -- 5 digit zip." Yet every time I attempt to
merge
it to Word and print labels, Mail Merge insists on adding ".0" to the end
of
each entry. How do I prevent this from hazppening???