Use

{ IF { MERGEFIELD contract_received } "" { MERGEFIELD contract_received
\@"DD/MM/YYYY" } "" }

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Hope this helps.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"Lighthouse" wrote in message
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I have a Word mail merge document, used to import Excel data - only dates.
When I have merged the data, all empty Excel date cells are populated in
Word
by 12:00AM. I have edited the Word field codes to UK date format (they
were
US), and now all empty Excel date cells are populated in Word with today's
date! Is there a way of telling Word to leave empty cells alone and leave
them blank?

Word cells are formatted with { MERGEFIELD
contract_received\@"DD/MM/YYYY" }
- this is exact, including spaces. Would this formatting put a date into
every Word cell, even if the corresponding Excel cell is empty?

Any help will be gratefully received.