Use a formatting switch on the field
http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm

{Mergefield datefield \@ "ddmmyyyy"}

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KLR wrote:
I am using Microsoft Access to Mailmerge into Word, one of my fields
is a date field which displays as UK style in Access e.g. ddmmyyyy but
when the merge is complete in Word, the date is displayed US style
mmddyyyy. How do I stop this happening?