2 problems with that...

1. If the postal code is only 5 digits then format returns
00001-2345
You are better off with this custom format
[99999]0000-0000; 00000

2. Formats will not work in this instance. The OP is doing a mail merge and
formats are not carried forward as part of the merge.
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HTH...

Jim Thomlinson


"James" wrote:

One way you can do it is to use the Format Cells and under the category
select "Custom" in the box enter this 00000-0000. That will seperate the the
last 4 digits with a dash.

"William" wrote:

I have a column with nine-digit zip codes, but there is no hyphen separating
the final zip four numbers. I need to use this column in a mail merge, but
don't want to go in and manually add all the hypens. There must be a way to
do this (Find/Replace using placeholders?) but I can't quite come up with it.
Ideas?

Thanks,
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William