You could use programming to set the format, as the sheets are printed.
There are instructions in this post by J.E. McGimpsey:


http://groups.google.ca/group/micros...d05f272?hl=en&

Curt Charles PDX wrote:
In Control Panel I have the default short form date set to dd-MMM-yy
(24-Oct-06). In an Excel header or footer the date format defaults to
dd-mm-yy (24-10-06).

How can I get the Excel header date to be in dd-MMM-yy format?



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