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I am having a problem merging dates from a spreadsheet. The original dates on
the spreadsheet have been entered in the British format ie. dd/mm/yyyy
however when they are transferred to Word they show in the US format ie
mm/dd/yyyy. I have been unable to find an option in Word to change anything
other than grammar/spelling from US to UK. How can I make the dates on the
mail merge show in the same UK format as the spreadsheet?

Any ideas?
Thanks,
Peet
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See the "Dates: day/month reversed" item under the "Connection methods"
topic of the "Mail merge in Word 2002" section of fellow MVP Cindy
Meister's website at
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindy...r/MergFram.htm


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I am having a problem merging dates from a spreadsheet. The original dates
on
the spreadsheet have been entered in the British format ie. dd/mm/yyyy
however when they are transferred to Word they show in the US format ie
mm/dd/yyyy. I have been unable to find an option in Word to change
anything
other than grammar/spelling from US to UK. How can I make the dates on the
mail merge show in the same UK format as the spreadsheet?

Any ideas?
Thanks,
Peet


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