Using a date field in mail merge
 

I am trying to use a date field in a mail merge of an Excel spreadsheet
with a Word document. Every time I do the merge the date on the merge
document comes out incorrectly. I have tried formatting the field in
the spreadsheet as text and all kinds of date format but it never comes
out in the merge document as I want it to be i.e. dd/mm/yy. Sometimes
it does not even resemble a date but is complete rubbish.

Any ideas would be most welcome.


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Using a date field in mail merge
 

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.


triciaodd wrote:

I am trying to use a date field in a mail merge of an Excel spreadsheet
with a Word document. Every time I do the merge the date on the merge
document comes out incorrectly. I have tried formatting the field in
the spreadsheet as text and all kinds of date format but it never comes
out in the merge document as I want it to be i.e. dd/mm/yy. Sometimes
it does not even resemble a date but is complete rubbish.

Any ideas would be most welcome.

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