You don't have to use work arounds, just use the method of connection to the
data source (DDE) that was used in earlier versions. To use that option, on
the General tab of the ToolsOptions dialog, check the box against Confirm
conversions at open.

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Hope this helps.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"ARY" wrote in message
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We should not have to use 'work arounds' to try to establish the format of
dates and times. Please return to the programming in Word 2000. Instead
of
having Word only read "raw" data, let it use the formats we set in the
data
doc.

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