Why do zip codes w/ leading zeros disappear when doing mail merge Dory 12/17/2008 4:11:01 PM I use excel which contains zipcodes that begin with zero. When I merge the spreadsheet for letters and labels, the zeros disappear (I get a four diget zipcode instead of five). I formated the column as a zip code, but it still doesn't work.

Re: Why do zip codes w/ leading zeros disappear when doing mail merge "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" <dkr[ at ]REMOVECAPSmvps.org> 12/17/2008 7:18:57 PM See "Formatting Word fields with switches" on fellow MVP Graham Mayor's website at http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "Dory" <Dory[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:6E8CD218-35A2-4EF9-BFFD-A284CDACC944[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] >I use excel which contains zipcodes that begin with zero. When I merge the > spreadsheet for letters and labels, the zeros disappear (I get a four > diget > zipcode instead of five). > > I formated the column as a zip code, but it still doesn't work.