Thanks! It is a text file and I believe the limit was 255 fields in Word
2000 and prior. We create a text file of fields - just thought the limit was
a hard one (like 256, 512, 1024 etc). The tables we access are SQL 2000/2005
but we write the data to a delimited text file, then do the merge.

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

It will probably be dictated by the datasource - about 63 if it's a Word
document, 255 if it's an Excel Spreadsheet or Table in Access. Possibly no
limit with a text file as the data source.

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"Schardenzar" wrote in message
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Does anyone know the maximum number fo merge fields allowed in a merge
template for Word 2003?