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From: Julia862621 on 11 May 2010 09:36
Does anyone know how I can preserve my date format (dd/mm/yy) when doing a
mail merge from Excel to Word? I would like to show either dd/mm/yy or 10
February 2010, but it keeps being switched round to American format
(mm/dd/yy).

Thanks!
From: Dave Peterson on 11 May 2010 10:17
Debra Dalgleish posted this:

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/assistance/HA011164951033.aspx

And if you prefer the old Mail Merge helper, Word MVP Suzanne Barnhill
has instructions here:

http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/CustomizingWord2002.htm

about half way down the page.

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I often cheat instead of racking my brain.

I'll insert another column (probably hidden!) and use:
=text(a2,"ddmmyy")
or
=text(a2,"mm:ss.0")
or
=text(a2,"00000")
(or whatever format I want)
and use that field in the mailmerge.

(Cheating doesn't bother me anymore <vbg>.)

Julia862621 wrote:

> Does anyone know how I can preserve my date format (dd/mm/yy) when doing a
> mail merge from Excel to Word? I would like to show either dd/mm/yy or 10
> February 2010, but it keeps being switched round to American format
> (mm/dd/yy).
>
> Thanks!

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Dave Peterson
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