[klema33]

Excel 2003 list contained 5 digit and 9 digit zip codes and when merged into
Word 2003 to do labels, a zero populated that field where the 9 digit code
should have been. To get it to work, I had to manually format each cell that
contained the 9 digit zip code. I tried several different formats but wasn't
about to retype 513 records. Is there any other way to solve this problem?

[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
"klema33" wrote in message
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Excel 2003 list contained 5 digit and 9 digit zip codes and when merged
into
Word 2003 to do labels, a zero populated that field where the 9 digit code
should have been. To get it to work, I had to manually format each cell
that
contained the 9 digit zip code. I tried several different formats but
wasn't
about to retype 513 records. Is there any other way to solve this
problem?