[C]

Thanks very much for that,

that's great news

I should only need 100 - 150 fields max, so I should be ok with that

as for 2002 and 3 we have various versions in the offices so I will give it
a test

we are planning to upgrade to everyone 07 later in the year are there many
other changes I should look out for

I don't want to have to remake this

thanks again
Craig



"Peter Jamieson" wrote in message
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The limit of 63 fields only really applies if your data source is a Word
table, because they cannot have more than 63 columns.

Generally speaking if your data source is a text file, you can have far
more columns (I do not think that there is a published limit, but there
are people with over 1000. That said, the larger and more complex the file
gets, the less likely Word is to recognise the file format easily, and at
that point, people sometimes have to choose another format). So if you're
just adding a few, you should be OK for a long time yet.

Things have changed a bit in Word 2002/2003 but mainly it's to do with
the default method that Word uses to open text and other files. If you
have problems in those versions of Word, the first thing to try is to
check Word Tools|Options|General|"Confirm conversion at Open", then
re-connect to your data source. You should see an additional box that lets
you select the connection method. But if you need to be sure that /your/
application will work on Word 2002/2003, there's really only one way and
that's to try it with that version.

Peter Jamieson
"C" wrote in message
...
Hi all

I noticed somewhere on the word Microsoft site that word 2000 had a limit
of 63 fields that it could use in a mail merge, but I am currently
working on a file that has 65 fields on it and it needs to grow some
more.

could some please verify the limit if there is one and has this changed
in later versions of offices. I cant seem to find any updates on the web.

thanks very much
Craig