[Jeeslawees]

Using 2007 versions, Vista OS.

In Excel, I have a date column labeled DOB_1 in my database, and that column
is formatted to display 'mmm dd, yyyy'. So, an entry of 9/5/2005 displays as
'Sep 05, 2005'.

Up until today, when Mail Merging that Excel file to Word, the 'Sep 05,
2005' is what was shown in the final Merge doc. Now all of sudden, the final
Merge doc is showing '9/5/2005', which is the Excel entry and NOT the cell
format display.

I just tried changing te mail merge field entry to { Mailmerge DOB_1\@ "mmm
dd, yyyy" } ..... but it had no effect.

There have been no updates to the Excel file or the Word mail merge
structure. So, why all of a sudden am I losing these display formats?

Thanks in advance for any help with this perplexing issue.