Options include:
1 Format the cell to text before you type the data into the cell, or
2 Prefix the data with an apostrophe, or
3 Use a helper column =TEXT(A2,"00000") if you want to format as 5 digis
including any leading zeroes, or
4 Use field formatting codes in Word
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304387), or
5 Alter the means of data transfer from Excel to Word (again see
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304387)
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David Biddulph

"Ronnie" wrote in message
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When I do an address mail merge from an Excel document, it takes any zip
codes that begin with 0 and removes the 0. I have tried changing the cell
format on the Excel document to "Text", but this does not work. What is
the
trick?
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Ronnie