Hi friends,

I use mail merge facility extensively. The common problem I find is that the
date format from excel appears as numbers in the mail merged document and not
as a date.

Why does this happen?
Pl help
regards
krishna

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/as...164951033.aspx

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

http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/C...ngWord2002.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 whatever format I want)
and use that field in the mailmerge.

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

Sai Krishna wrote:
>
> Hi friends,
>
> I use mail merge facility extensively. The common problem I find is that the
> date format from excel appears as numbers in the mail merged document and not
> as a date.
>
> Why does this happen?
> Pl help
> regards
> krishna

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Dave Peterson

Hi,

this worked! Thanks a lot.
regards
Krishna

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

> 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/as...164951033.aspx
>
> And if you prefer the old Mail Merge helper, Word MVP Suzanne Barnhill
> has instructions here:
>
> http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/C...ngWord2002.htm
>
> about half way down the page.
>
> ==========
> I often cheat instead of racking my brain.
>
> I'll insert another column (probably hidden!) and use:
> =text(a2,"ddmmyy")
> (or whatever format I want)
> and use that field in the mailmerge.
>
> (Cheating doesn't bother me anymore <vbg>.)
>
> Sai Krishna wrote:
> >
> > Hi friends,
> >
> > I use mail merge facility extensively. The common problem I find is that the
> > date format from excel appears as numbers in the mail merged document and not
> > as a date.
> >
> > Why does this happen?
> > Pl help
> > regards
> > krishna
>
> --
>
> Dave Peterson
>