Assuming that DATE is the name of the field in the data source, what you
need is
{ MERGEFIELD DATE \@ "MMMM dd, yyyy" }
Starting the the Merge Field already in the document, pressing Alt + F9 to
reveal the field codes should result in the following being displayed
{ MERGEFIELD DATE }
The you would add the formatting switch inside the closing field delimiter }
Starting from scratch, you must use Ctrl+F9 to insert the field delimiters
and you use Alt+F9 to toggle off their display.
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"Jon" wrote in message
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When I attempt to fix the format and then do a merge instead of getting
any
date I get: {DATE \@ "MMMMd,YYYY"}
"Jon" wrote:
There may be an answer somewhere on that web page, but it eludes me.
"Graham Mayor" wrote:
Jon wrote:
I think I've screwed up my letter trying to fix this. I have merged
information from my database, but the date comes up as 11/29/2007
instead of November 29, 2007. I've tried to correct his, but then all
I get in my merged letter is DATE. I've seen multiple format options,
but I can't figure out how to fix this. Any help is appreciated.
Change (or add) the formatting switch to the fiield
{Mergefield DATE \@ "MMMM d, yyyy"}
See http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm
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