You can either use a Picture switch on the merge field, such as /@
"dd-MM-yyyy" (note the capitalization) or use an alternate method to
connect to the data source.

In Word go to Tools/Options/General and turn on "Confirm conversion at
open". Then select your database as the data source again. When
prompted select the DDE method.

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"Paulo Merieles" wrote in
message ...
Hi,

When I use serial printing, one of the field is a date. This date is
in the
following format, dd-mm-yyyy in the database (access 2000) but when
I open
the word doc whit the serial printing, the fild with the date is in
mm-dd-yyyy format. Where/How can I solve this problem.

Thanks,

Paulo Meireles