Zip codes starting with 0 in Mail Merge

[chris76]

I'm using an Excel Worksheet and Word Mail Merge for envelopes. NJ zips
start with zero and mail merge won't accept these as a valid 5 digit number.
I've formatted the cells in Excel as special/zip code, text, and number, but
mail merge only returns a 0 and drops the other four digits.

Does anyone know how I can get mail merge and excel to accept 5 digit zips
starting with zero as valid text?

Word and Excel professional edition 2003

 

[Graham Mayor]

See http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm

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