Show Printable Version Search This Thread Advanced Search   Happy eLearning message boards Register  |  Login  |  Search  |  New Posts  |  Chat Forums > Microsoft Word > Change the format of a date in a merged field   Username: Password:   Remember Me? Thread Tools  | Search This Thread  Reply   Author Comment   View Member ProfileSend Private MessageSend EmailFind Member's Threads Find Member's Posts rsallenus Chirpy Registered: 15/07/09 Posts: 1      15/07/09 at 09:48 PM Reply with quote #1 I am trying to change the format of a date in a merged field.  I have tried adding \@ "dd/MMM/yy" after the date field in my master document, but when I save and reopen the document, the formatting switch is not visible and the date format in my child document is a different format. I am using Word 2000 v9.0 and merging from an Access 2000 mdb. Previous Thread | Next Thread Reply   Bookmarks    Digg  del.icio.us  StumbleUpon  Google