Add a format switch to the mergefield

\@"MMMM dd, yyyy"

See the following page of fellow MVP Graham Mayor's website for more
information

http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm


--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"Debbie 54" Debbie wrote in message
...
Mailmerge data from Excel spreadsheet; i.e. agency name and date of
contract
individual to each agency

Mailmerge wants to format date as 11/2/2004 rather than November 2, 2004.