Can you have date and currency fields detect regional settings for format?

[mblackford]

I am trying to create one merge template that can be used worldwide. After searching, it doesn't appear that there is a way to insert a formula/switch/etc to have the date/currency fields format based on the regional settings of the user. But I wanted to just make sure before I give up. Our software application provides merge contracts and proposals to our users. Currently, we allow customers to edit their own merge templates so they can format the dates/currency formats. But we are trying to provide a single set of templates for our limited service product that does not allow them to edit. Any ideas?

[macropod]

You could use custom document properties named, for example, Currency, ShortDate, LongDate, etc. and insert into them the field picture switches you want to use in a given locale. The mergefields, etc. could then be coded along the lines of:
{MERGEFIELD Amount \#"{DOCPROPERTY Currency}"}
In this example, if the 'Currency' custom document property contained €,0.00, the output would be formatted as €1,234,56.

Another approach would be to employ a macro that queries the regional settings upon opening the mailmerge main document and automatically updates those properties for you.

Both approaches have their advantages and disadvantages.