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date format changing in mail merge
When mail merging a word document through an Access database, the date format
field changes from UK to US. How do I prevent this? |
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date format changing in mail merge
It may depend on the precise version of Word, but you can try
a. add a "format switch" to each date MERGEFIELD field in Word. e.g. use Alt-F9 to view the fields, in the mail merge main document, then change { MERGEFIELD mydate } to { MERGEFIELD mydate \@"DD/MM/YYYY" } Test with ambiguous dates, i.e. where the day number is 1 to 12. b. if you are using Word XP/2003, change back to the old DDE connection method (check Word Tools|Options|General|Confirm conversion at open, then go through the connection process again. Word has to start Access if it's not already going, you lose non-ANSI characters in text fields, and thetreatment of other field types, particularly memo fields, may be different. Peter Jamieosn "mixers" wrote in message ... When mail merging a word document through an Access database, the date format field changes from UK to US. How do I prevent this? |
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