Merging phone and Social Security numbers from Excel

[Dave]

I am trying to insert the information from an excel sheet into a word
document but the the formating is not there. It is formatted in Ecell for
example (xxx) xxx-xxxx comes into word xxxxxxxxxx. Social security numbers
likewise do not have the "-"
Thanks

 

[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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[Gladys]

Laymans Terms

Merge as normal
In Word, in the Main Document, press Alt+F9 to view the field codes.
2. Find the field code for the number. It will look something like:
{ MERGEFIELD FieldName }
3. Add a switch, to format the number with phone number formats.
For example:
{ MERGEFIELD "Phone" \# "(###)'-'####" }
4. Press Alt+F9 to hide the field codes.
5. Update all labels
5. Save the Main Document