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When using Excel as a data source, the date and time formats change when
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See "Formatting Word fields with switches" on fellow MVP Graham Mayor's
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When using Excel as a data source, the date and time formats change when
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"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

See "Formatting Word fields with switches" on fellow MVP Graham Mayor's
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http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm


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When using Excel as a data source, the date and time formats change when
placed in a Word doc as a mail merge field. How do I keep the format that
I
have in Excel?



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