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Formatting zip code in mail merge from Excel to Word

by WmlwIGNvZGUgaGVscA » Fri, 11 Feb 2005 03:11:02 GMT

The first zero is lost when I merge my documents. I have read some stuff on 
adding switches but I still can not figure out how to do it. Help!

Re: Formatting zip code in mail merge from Excel to Word

by Doug Robbins » Fri, 11 Feb 2005 10:50:07 GMT

See "Formatting Word fields with switches" on fellow MVP Graham Mayor's 
website at

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