[Charlene[_3_]]

I'm using Office 2003.
I have a database in Excel.
I have a column with dates. These are in dd/mm/yyyy format.

I want to create a letter in Word.
I use 'Insert Merge Field' to merge the specific data I need.
When I view the merged data, the dates are not in the same format as they
are in Excel.

In Excel, they are in Date format - dd/mm/yyyy
In Word, they are General format - have no specific number format.

How do I change the format in Word, to be what I have saved it as in Excel??

Someone please help!