Labels print with a deleted 1st # in zip in Wrod Mail Merge

[zippity]

Saved mailing addressed in Excel will not rpint 1st number in zip code in
Mail Merge in Wrod. Already tried to go to cell format and select special
and/or custom and select zip, or zip + 4 or even the suggestied customize. I
can't get the full zip code to print? Help!

 

[Miguel Zapico]

You may add a new column with a formula like this:
=TEXT(A1,"00000")
This will make two things, convert the number to text, and assure that the
lenght of the text is 5 characters, with leading "0" if needed. You can use
this column as the zip code in the mail merge.

Hope this helps,
Miguel.

 

[Dave Peterson]

Debra Dalgleish posted this to a similar question about formatting
dates/decimals.

There's an article on the Microsoft web site that might help you:

Answer Box: Numbers don't merge right in Word
http://office.microsoft.com/en-ca/assistance/HA011164951033.aspx

And if you prefer the old Mail Merge helper, Word MVP Suzanne Barnhill
has instructions here:

http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/CustomizingWord2002.htm

about half way down the page.