You can avoid the problem by making the zipcodes text and not numbers
then you could use zip codes from other countries as well.
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/join.htm#fixUSzip5

If you are going to be specifically printing labels with Mail Merge
you might also see my mailmerg.htm page, but I think
you've already got that part.

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"Eva Anne" wrote in message ...
I have set up the zip code column as a zip code in my excel sheet
but when I attempt to label merge it drops the zero. The zero value
check box is checked under Tools/Options. Help