zipcode problem with mailmerge using excel.

[pamsf]

Hi!
I'm using office 2000, and have a list of address in excel and want to make
mailing labels in word. It works fine except the zipcode. I only want a 5
digit zipcode, and word adds zero.(42167.0). I tried changing format in excel
from 5 digit zipcode, to number, and text all with the same result. I also
tried <zip\#"00000"> in merge field but it didn't help or I didn't do it
correctly. What am I doing wrong.
Thanks

 

[Graham Mayor]

You cannot alter the inserted field <zip>. You must toggle the field to
{Mergefield Zip} before adding the switch, then F9 to update - see
http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm

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