[janine]

Although I've got zip codes in Excel 2007 database showing properly, when I
do a mail merge in Word 2007, the first 0 in the zip codes have disappeared.
I have formated the zip code column in Excel as text and the 0 s appear there.
Thanks so much for your help!

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

See the zip code section of "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, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com

"Janine" wrote in message
...
Although I've got zip codes in Excel 2007 database showing properly, when
I
do a mail merge in Word 2007, the first 0 in the zip codes have
disappeared.
I have formated the zip code column in Excel as text and the 0 s appear
there.
Thanks so much for your help!