[Humphrey Bumpkin]

This is a similar question to the one posted by Macy in 2005 except that only
one field is being truncated.

I have a database which I am not able to access directly for the purposes of
running queries, reports etc but I am able to export data from it in Excel
format. Among the fields exported are two text fields one of which is 2000
characters in size and the other 3000 characters.

The data arrives in Excel in perfect condition and all the contents of these
two fields ( as well as all the others ) exactly match the source data. I
then run some VBA in the Excel file which puts all the data into the correct
record layout so that the file can be used as a source for a Word 2003
mailmerge.

Everything works perfectly except for the fact that the 3000 character field
contents which always appear correct in Excel, no matter how many character
are actually in each record, are always truncated to 255 characters in the
merged Word document.

The only difference between the two fields in question is that of their size
in the source database table. In all other respects the source format is the
same, the target cell format in Excel is the same. I have altered the export
field order but the 3000 character field is always truncated once I try to
mailmerge.
I would suspect the source database if the exported contents were corrupted
in the Excel file but the data is always correct in Excel.
Is there some control, rule, data limit in Word that prevents two large
fields from being handled. I have searched and cannot find any clues as to
what may be affecting the data.
Does anyone have any ideas €“ I would be very grateful for help. This is
driving me to distraction.