how do i display leading zeros when mail merge to Word doc

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relo - 15 Jun 2007 16:35 GMT

When I mail merge zip code to my word documents leading zeros are dropped.
Eg: 07866 becomes 7866. How do I get Word to display the zero?

Doug Robbins - Word MVP - 16 Jun 2007 03:57 GMT

See "Formatting Word fields with switches" on fellow MVP Graham Mayor's
website at

http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

> When I mail merge zip code to my word documents leading zeros are dropped.
> Eg: 07866 becomes 7866. How do I get Word to display the zero?