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Mail Merged Field Codes

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Me - 03 Feb 2006 19:33 GMT
I am attempting to merge a SSN field from an Excel document into a Word
document.  I understand I have to edit the mergefield to get the formatting I
want, but the attempts I have tried, haven't worked.

For example, I edited the mergefield with \# "###-##-####"  This separated
the numbers in groups like I wanted, but the dashes are missing.  Basically,
my question is how do I get dashes to appear in a mergefield?

Thanks!
Doug Robbins - Word MVP - 03 Feb 2006 22:32 GMT
Put a single quote either side of the dashes.

\# "###'-'##'-'####"

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

>I am attempting to merge a SSN field from an Excel document into a Word
> document.  I understand I have to edit the mergefield to get the
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> Thanks!
 
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