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Date mail merge from Excel to Word
I'm trying to do date labels for files(for everyday of the year). I auto
fill all the dates in a column in excel, but I can't get them over to Word. When I'm going thru the mail merge wizard they show up in the mm/dd/yy format at first, then on the next step it changes to next record And by the time I finish the wizard it goes back to blank files. Could somebody give me some good instructions. Also I need the date to display in the Monday July 18, 2005 format. I'm doing this for work and we dont want to type everyday out manually, so thanks so much!! |
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Answered in another group...
******************* ~Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "Jenny" wrote in message ... I'm trying to do date labels for files(for everyday of the year). I auto fill all the dates in a column in excel, but I can't get them over to Word. When I'm going thru the mail merge wizard they show up in the mm/dd/yy format at first, then on the next step it changes to next record And by the time I finish the wizard it goes back to blank files. Could somebody give me some good instructions. Also I need the date to display in the Monday July 18, 2005 format. I'm doing this for work and we dont want to type everyday out manually, so thanks so much!! |
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The general principles for label merges are covered at
http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_lab...th_word_xp.htm Insert your Excel date field and use a formatting switch to provide the format eg {Mergefield MyDate \@ "dddd MMM d, yyyy"} -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Jenny wrote: I'm trying to do date labels for files(for everyday of the year). I auto fill all the dates in a column in excel, but I can't get them over to Word. When I'm going thru the mail merge wizard they show up in the mm/dd/yy format at first, then on the next step it changes to next record And by the time I finish the wizard it goes back to blank files. Could somebody give me some good instructions. Also I need the date to display in the Monday July 18, 2005 format. I'm doing this for work and we dont want to type everyday out manually, so thanks so much!! |
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You don't say which version of Word you are using but it works OK for me in
2000. Format the dates in your Excel spreadsheet using the custom format dddd d mmmm, yyyy so they look the way you want. When you are running the mail merge wizard make sure you use Mailing Labels as the type of document and just insert the date field when it gives you the sample label. Andrea Jones http://www.allaboutoffice.co.uk http://www.stratatraining.co.uk http://www.allaboutclait.com "Jenny" wrote: I'm trying to do date labels for files(for everyday of the year). I auto fill all the dates in a column in excel, but I can't get them over to Word. When I'm going thru the mail merge wizard they show up in the mm/dd/yy format at first, then on the next step it changes to next record And by the time I finish the wizard it goes back to blank files. Could somebody give me some good instructions. Also I need the date to display in the Monday July 18, 2005 format. I'm doing this for work and we dont want to type everyday out manually, so thanks so much!! |
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Andrea, things have changed a great deal with Word 2002, and it's a very
common question/problem. Ahhh....I love Word 2000 and use it most of the time even though I have the newer versions. ******************* ~Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "Andrea Jones" wrote in message ... You don't say which version of Word you are using but it works OK for me in 2000. Format the dates in your Excel spreadsheet using the custom format dddd d mmmm, yyyy so they look the way you want. When you are running the mail merge wizard make sure you use Mailing Labels as the type of document and just insert the date field when it gives you the sample label. Andrea Jones http://www.allaboutoffice.co.uk http://www.stratatraining.co.uk http://www.allaboutclait.com "Jenny" wrote: I'm trying to do date labels for files(for everyday of the year). I auto fill all the dates in a column in excel, but I can't get them over to Word. When I'm going thru the mail merge wizard they show up in the mm/dd/yy format at first, then on the next step it changes to next record And by the time I finish the wizard it goes back to blank files. Could somebody give me some good instructions. Also I need the date to display in the Monday July 18, 2005 format. I'm doing this for work and we dont want to type everyday out manually, so thanks so much!! |
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