How do I retain my date formatting in Word?

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AAA Mailing - 17 May 2007 16:22 GMT

When I run my mail merge, word is changing the format of the date. My excel
spreadsheet has the date formatted as "May 17, 2007". After the mail merge
is done, the date shows up in the body of the letter as "5/17/07". How can I
make word retain my date formatting?

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP - 17 May 2007 16:45 GMT

See "Formatting Word fields with switches" on fellow MVP Graham Mayor's
website at

http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm

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> When I run my mail merge, word is changing the format of the date. My
> excel
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> can I
> make word retain my date formatting?

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