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data source is excel spreadsheet. changes to date format seem to make no
difference dates in mail marge letter always appear in US format 5/3/06 for
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See http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm and/or the Excel data
section of http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_lab...th_word_xp.htm

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clivedaniels wrote:
data source is excel spreadsheet. changes to date format seem to
make no difference dates in mail marge letter always appear in US
format 5/3/06 for 3 May 2006



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