date formatting in Word 2007

[w3dys]

Formatting dates in Word and print merge has always been "interesting"! Now
I have a trial version of Word 2007 and am battling with the same problem: my
date needs to have a UK format but arrives in an American one (although the
input [Excel sheet] shows the date in UK format). Annoying ....

How do I get to see field codes in Word 2007 and what should the correct one
be? I tried the one I've used before { MERGEFIELD mydate \@"DD/MM/YYYY"
\*Mergeformat } but ended up with a date at the top of my document although I
thought I put it in the correct location.

Sorry don't know where to find the version no. - gosh this is a pain.

 

[macropod]

Hi w3dys,

This does rather sound like you inserted the mergefield in the wrong place ...

Try cutting & pasting it to the correct location.

As for revealing the field codes, did you try toggling them via Alt-F9?

Cheers

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macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]


| Formatting dates in Word and print merge has always been "interesting"! Now
| I have a trial version of Word 2007 and am battling with the same problem: my
| date needs to have a UK format but arrives in an American one (although the
| input [Excel sheet] shows the date in UK format). Annoying ....
|
| How do I get to see field codes in Word 2007 and what should the correct one
| be? I tried the one I've used before { MERGEFIELD mydate \@"DD/MM/YYYY"
| \*Mergeformat } but ended up with a date at the top of my document although I
| thought I put it in the correct location.
|
| Sorry don't know where to find the version no. - gosh this is a pain.
|

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

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/cindymeister/MergFram.htm


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Hope this helps.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP