You need to add a date switch to the field see
http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm
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The birthday fied in outlook changes when i mail merg into word 7 how do i
format this example in outlook its 13 January 2010 wnen i mail merg it
changes to 01/13/10 how can i keep the outlook format