retain formatting

[smk23]

This is a real newbie question: I have things like SSN and phone numbers I
want to put in a mail merge document. These are stored without dashes in the
database. Is it possible to indicate the usual formatting with dashes in the
Word document?

Thanks so much.

 

[Doug Robbins]

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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Hope this helps.

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services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

 

[Graham Mayor]

Use a number formatting switch - see
http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm

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