[Tony B]

Good day,

Using Excel/Word 2007

I have 3 date columns in Excel sheet, formatted as dd/mm/yyyy. Upon
mailmerge, one column retains this date format into the Word doc. However
the other two date columns appear as gregorian format - I think that's the
name? e.g. 1/18/2008 in Excel sheet, appears 39455 in the Word doc. I
have double-checked the format in the Excel dates, without luck. Really
appreciate it -

[Graham Mayor]

From the Pizza button inWord 2007, select Word Options and then go to the
Advanced tab General and check the box against the "Confirm conversions at
open" item. Then when you attach the data source to the mail merge main
document, you will be given the option of using the DDE method of connection
which should read the data as you have it formatted in the table.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org

Tony B wrote:
Good day,

Using Excel/Word 2007

I have 3 date columns in Excel sheet, formatted as dd/mm/yyyy. Upon
mailmerge, one column retains this date format into the Word doc.
However the other two date columns appear as gregorian format - I
think that's the name? e.g. 1/18/2008 in Excel sheet, appears
39455 in the Word doc. I have double-checked the format in the Excel
dates, without luck. Really appreciate it -

[Tony B]

Wow! thank you Graham. It worked like a charm!

Note: I had to re-start (refresh) mailmerge and refresh recipient list,
where I selected DDE method.

p.s. - I wonder why one column of dates was merging as shown in Excel,
while two other columns were not. 'as though some fields were automatically
in DDE, and some were not. just a curiosity.

Really appreciated your help.


"Graham Mayor" wrote:

From the Pizza button inWord 2007, select Word Options and then go to the
Advanced tab General and check the box against the "Confirm conversions at
open" item. Then when you attach the data source to the mail merge main
document, you will be given the option of using the DDE method of connection
which should read the data as you have it formatted in the table.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org

Tony B wrote:
Good day,

Using Excel/Word 2007

I have 3 date columns in Excel sheet, formatted as dd/mm/yyyy. Upon
mailmerge, one column retains this date format into the Word doc.
However the other two date columns appear as gregorian format - I
think that's the name? e.g. 1/18/2008 in Excel sheet, appears
39455 in the Word doc. I have double-checked the format in the Excel
dates, without luck. Really appreciate it -

[Graham Mayor]

DDE is no longer the default method of data attachment to a merge document
and so no formatting is brought over - only the underlying data. DDE can
still be used, as you have found, but it is a bit flaky.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Tony B wrote:
Wow! thank you Graham. It worked like a charm!

Note: I had to re-start (refresh) mailmerge and refresh recipient
list, where I selected DDE method.

p.s. - I wonder why one column of dates was merging as shown in
Excel, while two other columns were not. 'as though some fields were
automatically in DDE, and some were not. just a curiosity.

Really appreciated your help.


"Graham Mayor" wrote:

From the Pizza button inWord 2007, select Word Options and then go
to the Advanced tab General and check the box against the "Confirm
conversions at open" item. Then when you attach the data source to
the mail merge main document, you will be given the option of using
the DDE method of connection which should read the data as you have
it formatted in the table.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org

Tony B wrote:
Good day,

Using Excel/Word 2007

I have 3 date columns in Excel sheet, formatted as dd/mm/yyyy. Upon
mailmerge, one column retains this date format into the Word doc.
However the other two date columns appear as gregorian format - I
think that's the name? e.g. 1/18/2008 in Excel sheet, appears
39455 in the Word doc. I have double-checked the format in the
Excel dates, without luck. Really appreciate it -

[Peter Jamieson]

p.s. - I wonder why one column of dates was merging as shown in Excel,
while two other columns were not. 'as though some fields were
automatically
in DDE, and some were not. just a curiosity.

See http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk/t0003.htm

--
Peter Jamieson
http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk

"Tony B" wrote in message
...

Wow! thank you Graham. It worked like a charm!

Note: I had to re-start (refresh) mailmerge and refresh recipient list,
where I selected DDE method.

p.s. - I wonder why one column of dates was merging as shown in Excel,
while two other columns were not. 'as though some fields were
automatically
in DDE, and some were not. just a curiosity.

Really appreciated your help.


"Graham Mayor" wrote:

From the Pizza button inWord 2007, select Word Options and then go to the
Advanced tab General and check the box against the "Confirm conversions
at
open" item. Then when you attach the data source to the mail merge main
document, you will be given the option of using the DDE method of
connection
which should read the data as you have it formatted in the table.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org

Tony B wrote:
Good day,

Using Excel/Word 2007

I have 3 date columns in Excel sheet, formatted as dd/mm/yyyy. Upon
mailmerge, one column retains this date format into the Word doc.
However the other two date columns appear as gregorian format - I
think that's the name? e.g. 1/18/2008 in Excel sheet, appears
39455 in the Word doc. I have double-checked the format in the Excel
dates, without luck. Really appreciate it -