Insert Date in Specific Format in Mail Merge

[a_ryan1972]

I have a mail merge document. In the main document I want to insert the date
as the following:

24 day of August, 2005

When I insert the code to do this save it and merge, the date shows the
correct way, but it shows in gray. I need to be able to do a replace, but
when I search, it says it cannot find this. Is there anyway to insert the
date in this format so that it goes into the merged document as text?

P.S. I don't need to be able to update the date.

Thanks.

 

[Doug Robbins]

If you don't need to update it, why not just type it in. However, as you
already have it in there as a field, select the field and use Ctrl+Shift+F9
to convert it to text.

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[a_ryan1972]

Sorry, I should have been more specific. When I fill in that date, it's not
always today's date. Sometimes I might do it for the next day, but I do 50
at a time. So if I create another field, it just seems like more work. I
figured it would be easiest if I automatically insert the current date and
then do a replace if I need to.

Ctrl + Shift + F9 is exactly what I was looking for.

Thank you.