Zip code formatting problem

[Lori]

When I merge an Excel database into a Word document for labels, my zip code field is 5 digits followed by a decimal point and a zero. I have the field formatted to text. What am I doing wrong?

 

[Charles Kenyon]

With Word/Excell 2003 I just tried a merge with a zip field.

I formatted the first record as a number with 0 decimal places, the second
as text, and the third as general.

The zip code came through fine with each of these and I wasn't able to
replicate your problem.
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When I merge an Excel database into a Word document for labels, my zip

code field is 5 digits followed by a decimal point and a zero. I have the
field formatted to text. What am I doing wrong?

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

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

When I merge an Excel database into a Word document for labels, my zip

code field is 5 digits followed by a decimal point and a zero. I have the
field formatted to text. What am I doing wrong?