There are a couple of issues here. One is that in order to merge a Works
database, you have to have installed the horrendously buggy Works add-in for
Word, so you are likely to suffer spurious problems - one of the most
obvious being the propensity for adding dozens of mail merge entries to the
tools menu in Word.

The immediate problem however is easily resolved, using a mergefield switch
in Word - see http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm

In this instance a switch of \@ "d/MM/yyyy" should do the trick.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

Web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site www.mvps.org/word




Jonny wrote:
I am using Word 2002 and the database in MS Works 7.0. Have produced
the form letter and inserted place holders from the database. The
problem is that all dates inserted into the form letter have the
format month/day/year regardless of the date format in the database
and in regional settings being day/month/year. The database also
offers an option of day/month which is the format I want to use in
all my form letters. I have used this format with Works 4.5
successfully for many years. I would appreciate any help