Microsoft Word Mail Merge Issue

Elia, Nicholas (HEALTH) 20 Reputation points
2024-09-25T17:10:46.4866667+00:00

I am trying to create a mail merge document using an existing list of information from Excel. When completeing the merge Word is converting dates into numerals despite having them formatted as dates in the Excel document.

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I have tried a number of ways to remedy this issue without success. Can you offer any solutions?

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  1. Paul Edstein 336 Reputation points
    2024-09-26T00:17:15.41+00:00

    See the Mailmerge Data Format Problems topic in the Mailmerge Tips and Tricks page at:

    https://www.msofficeforums.com/mail-merge/21803-mailmerge-tips-tricks.html

    2 people found this answer helpful.

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