Mailmerging dates to labels autoformat from date to general help!

[genviel]

When attempting to mail merge dates from Excel to Word labels the data format
changes from "date" to "general", rendering the data unrecognizable. Please
help! Thanks

 

[Dave Peterson]

Debra Dalgleish posted this to a similar question:

There's an article on the Microsoft web site that might help you:

Answer Box: Numbers don't merge right in Word
http://office.microsoft.com/en-ca/assistance/HA011164951033.aspx

And if you prefer the old Mail Merge helper, Word MVP Suzanne Barnhill
has instructions here:

http://home.earthlink.net/~wordfaqs/CustomizingWord2002.htm

about half way down the page.