See http://www.gmayor.dsl.pipex.com/mail_merge_labels_with_word_xp.htm
and
http://www.gmayor.dsl.pipex.com/formatting_word_fields.htm

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> I have a mail merge that is pulling information from an
> Excel spreadsheet. The Excel column that is a date (MMM,
> DD, YYYY) merges into Word as MM/DD/YYYY. I cannot find a
> way to change it from the numeric date to the text date.
> Any ideas?? Thanks!