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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Doug Robbins - Word MVP
> When using an Excel database for the mail merge - date
> formats are changed from long format to numbers and
> slashes. Is there anyway to make changes to the recipient
> list in Word XP?