Date formating \@ "d MMM yyyy"

[David Griesel]

I have a merge Word document and an Excel spreadsheet that I have converted
to use with Microsoft 2007. My problem is this. In the Word merge document, I
refer to a date of birth for a person. I added a switch to the field and the
person's date of birth appears in the format that I want. Wonderful! Further
down the document, I list the transactions by date that the person had over
the year. The date switch does not work in the field and instead of
displaying the date in the format I want it, \@ "d MMM yyyy", the numerical
value of the date is displayed.

I did not have this problem in 2003 and now it does the same thing in both
the compatible 2003 and 2007 versions. How do I fix this?

 

[Clive Huggan]

Hello David,

You've landed in a discussion group for users of Mac versions of Word (not
your fault: it's a charming foible of MS's "discussions" web interface,
which I see you used). Mac versions differ variously from PC versions.
Although several people here use both PCs and Macs and may well give you an
answer soon, it's likely that more people in a PC group have experienced
your specific problem. Here's where all the groups are listed:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/FlyoutOverview.mspx

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is 5-11 hours different from the Americas and Europe, so my
follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
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