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Mail Merge from Access 2003 to Word 2003
I am having a problem with the way my dates are showing in word. I have
Access set for mmmm dd", "yyyy, and yet when it merges with Word it is mm/dd/yyyy. Since the dates are maually entered into Access, rather than use a dat field in Word, I have used a mergefield. Any suggestions? -- Karen K |
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Mail Merge from Access 2003 to Word 2003
Hi Karen,
This can be remedied by adding a suitable formatting switch to your mergefield in Word. If you select the problem mergefield and press Shift-F9, you'll probably see something like: {MERGEFIELD MyDate} Change this to: {MERGEFIELD MyDate \@ "MMMM DD, YYYY"} then press F9 to update the field. Save the document then re-run your mailmerge. Cheers -- macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] ------------------------- "KarenMike" wrote in message ... I am having a problem with the way my dates are showing in word. I have Access set for mmmm dd", "yyyy, and yet when it merges with Word it is mm/dd/yyyy. Since the dates are maually entered into Access, rather than use a dat field in Word, I have used a mergefield. Any suggestions? -- Karen K |
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Mail Merge from Access 2003 to Word 2003
Hi Karen, try reassigning the "feild type" as "Text" instead of "date/time".
This would allow you to enter anything you want into your data-field. "KarenMike" wrote: I am having a problem with the way my dates are showing in word. I have Access set for mmmm dd", "yyyy, and yet when it merges with Word it is mm/dd/yyyy. Since the dates are maually entered into Access, rather than use a dat field in Word, I have used a mergefield. Any suggestions? -- Karen K |
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