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TextFile / Word 2000 Date format
I have a .csv file that I use as my datasource for my MailMerge. We recently
got upgraded from Word '97 to 2000. In my text file I have a date fields i.e..... 01-01-2005. When I merge my text file in Word it puts a datestamp on this date field as well. Why does Word do this...shouldn't it just leave a text file the way it is? I was able to get around this by saving my text file in Excel and declaring my date field as text. But that is one extra step. How can I get word to keep that date field as just "01-01-2005" when using the ..csv file as the datasource? thanks in advance. |
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Simply put a formatting switch on the date field eg
{Mergefield Date \@ "MM-dd-yyyy"} It is not clear whether you want day or month first - this one has the month first. See http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org kbreiss wrote: I have a .csv file that I use as my datasource for my MailMerge. We recently got upgraded from Word '97 to 2000. In my text file I have a date fields i.e..... 01-01-2005. When I merge my text file in Word it puts a datestamp on this date field as well. Why does Word do this...shouldn't it just leave a text file the way it is? I was able to get around this by saving my text file in Excel and declaring my date field as text. But that is one extra step. How can I get word to keep that date field as just "01-01-2005" when using the .csv file as the datasource? thanks in advance. |
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