Format the mergefield with a date formatting switch \@ "d MMM yyyy" -
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"Sue" wrote in message
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Hi got a simple Access database for client details. One field is date of
birth. When merging it into letters etc, the date of birth comes thro
back
to front. For example, 12 Sept 61, comes thro as 9/12/61, which is the
american way around but can be confusing here. I changed the format on
the
DB to medium date. (12-Sep-61) but still back to front. Can someone
advise
me? PLEASE!! Many thanks..... Sue