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Old 12-20-2018, 10:11 AM
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I have an Excel file that I've merged with Word using the Mail Merge Wizard.



This doesn't happen all the time but there are some instances where I have an inventory number coming from the Excel but the item being displayed in the Word Document is "0" - not the number in the Excel cell.

I've retyped the problem inventory numbers again in Excel (thinking there might be some foreign agent in the cell), saved/closed the Excel file and re-opened the Word Document.

Is this a common bug or is these something that I can do to fix it. I'm new to Word - though I've had classes on it, so I'm totally clueless as to how Mail Merge words, how to refresh the data, etc.

Is there a way to fix this problem

Thank you for your help,

Oh, I'm using a text box inside of table so the values appear at the bottom of the cell. Does using a text box create this issue?

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See Mailmerge Data Format Problems in the Mailmerge Tips and Tricks 'Sticky' thread at the top of this forum:
https://www.msofficeforums.com/mail-...ps-tricks.html
Evidently, your Excel column has mixed data types.

As for the textbox, you should be able to achieve the same effect by setting the cell's vertical alignment to 'bottom'.
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Yes, I think you're right. Most of the values are numeric but we had to include leading zeros on some of them. If I reformat them all as Text would that take care of the Issue?

Some leading number SKU's show as well.

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Formatting the Excel data as text will make no difference; you'll need to do as described in the link.
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