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Dave Peterson
 
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Default Mailmerging dates to labels autoformat from date to general help!

Debra Dalgleish posted this to a similar question:

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.

genviel wrote:

When attempting to mail merge dates from Excel to Word labels the data format
changes from "date" to "general", rendering the data unrecognizable. Please
help! Thanks


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Dave Peterson