i can format the ssn in an excel spreadsheet... that appears to work, but
when i then use that excel spreadsheet in a mailmerge the ssn mask is gone?
the problem is that on one mailmerge it will be there and on the next run it
wont be there anylonger. looking back at the excel spreadsheet shows the ssn
including mask.

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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Doug Robbins - Word MVP
"rmoritzky" wrote in message
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i can format the ssn in an excel spreadsheet... that appears to work, but
when i then use that excel spreadsheet in a mailmerge the ssn mask is
gone?
the problem is that on one mailmerge it will be there and on the next run
it
wont be there anylonger. looking back at the excel spreadsheet shows the
ssn
including mask.

thank you very much for the help

"Doug Robbins" wrote:

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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Please respond to the Newsgroup for the benefit of others who may be
interested. Questions sent directly to me will only be answered on a paid
consulting basis.

Hope this helps,
Doug Robbins - Word MVP
"rmoritzky" wrote in message
news
i can format the ssn in an excel spreadsheet... that appears to work, but
when i then use that excel spreadsheet in a mailmerge the ssn mask is
gone?
the problem is that on one mailmerge it will be there and on the next run
it
wont be there anylonger. looking back at the excel spreadsheet shows the
ssn
including mask.