How do I keep English date format when using mail merge?

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Johnc - 29 Jul 2005 00:26 GMT

When using Excel and Access as the data file and merging into Word the date
format changes from English to US. How can I stop this and retain the
English format?

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MeDog - 29 Jul 2005 02:52 GMT

{MERGEFIELD MYDATE \@ "dddd, dd MMMM yyyy"}

Insert the Merge Field and then edit it, show that is look like above

Regards,

John A

Melbourne , Australia

> When using Excel and Access as the data file and merging into Word the
> date
> format changes from English to US. How can I stop this and retain the
> English format?

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Johnc - 29 Jul 2005 18:11 GMT

Many thanks. It works a treat.

> {MERGEFIELD MYDATE \@ "dddd, dd MMMM yyyy"}
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> > format changes from English to US. How can I stop this and retain the
> > English format?

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