My Excel data source has dates entered in for example 9/15/05 format. In
some cases two dates are entered into the same cell separated by a space.

My Word main document has a mergefield for the date with a switch to format
the date as September 15, 2005 (MERGEFIELD Date \@ "MMMM d, yyyy").

The mergefield result only shows the second date in the cell in the correct
format. The first date is removed. Is there a way to show the two dates in
the same field both in the "MMMM d, yyyy" format or must there only be one
date per field? I'm using an ODBC connection to the data source.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Neal

So, basically, your Excel file is using two different formats. If I were
you, I'd format them all as text.
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My Excel data source has dates entered in for example 9/15/05 format. In
some cases two dates are entered into the same cell separated by a space.

My Word main document has a mergefield for the date with a switch to
format
the date as September 15, 2005 (MERGEFIELD Date \@ "MMMM d, yyyy").

The mergefield result only shows the second date in the cell in the
correct
format. The first date is removed. Is there a way to show the two dates
in
the same field both in the "MMMM d, yyyy" format or must there only be one
date per field? I'm using an ODBC connection to the data source.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Neal