How do I not drop the leading 0 in a zip code mail merge?

K

kevin@pcg

In New Hampshire we have zip codes that start with '0' and it gets dropped in
my mail merge process. I have the excel field labeled as a zip code field and
it shows up there...
thanks, Kevin
 
S

Sam Bullock

I'm not sure this is the best method but what has worked with me is making
the field in Excel a text not zip code. This will drop your zero in front of
the number at which point I use the CONCATENATE function to combine the zero
and number.
 
R

Rich/rerat

kevin@pcg,

Take a look 3/4 the way down at G. Mayor's website, "Formatting Word fields
with
switches", under the section for US Zip Codes:

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

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In New Hampshire we have zip codes that start with '0' and it gets dropped
in
my mail merge process. I have the excel field labeled as a zip code field
and
it shows up there...
thanks, Kevin
 

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