We are using Word 2003.. and I have spoken with our IT person about changing
the registry. He did not recommend it and said that none of the other
machines should have been altered.. Back to square one!! I do have a work
around by just splitting the cell, but would rather not if there is a fix....

"BAW" wrote:

I have a word merge that pull data from an excel source into a table. One of
the cells in excel has data over 255 characters long. All of the data does
show up within excel, but when I perform the merge, the data is trucated at
255 characters within the word table. I have previously performed the same
merge with the same data (on another computer) and all of the data (over 255
characters) was transferred into the merge. Is there ANYTHING I can do to
ensure that all the data is transferred? I have previously posted a similar
message, but at the time, thought the data was under 255 characters. The
suggestion was to try using DDE- which didn't work, but when I got it to work
on another co-workers computer, I didn't pursue it further. Now as I am
trying to re run the querry, it won't work on any of the computers in the
office, so I am back to square one. By the way, the data is truncated in the
"select recipients" window... Thanks, in advance, for your help!