mail merge will not accept zip codes that start with a zero "label
 

my mail merge will not accept zip codes that start with a zero or end with a
dash and four more numbers how do i format either excell or word so that i
can print out my labels with the proper zip codes

Debra Dalgleish posted this:

There's an article on the Microsoft web site that might help you:

Answer Box: Numbers don't merge right in Word
http://office.microsoft.com/en-ca/as...164951033.aspx

And if you prefer the old Mail Merge helper, Word MVP Suzanne Barnhill
has instructions he

http://home.earthlink.net/~wordfaqs/...ngWord2002.htm

about half way down the page.




frustrated label maker wrote:

my mail merge will not accept zip codes that start with a zero or end with a
dash and four more numbers how do i format either excell or word so that i
can print out my labels with the proper zip codes

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Dave Peterson