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fix field length in a cel
Hello,
I'am using a 'mergefield' statement in a Word XP table wich takes out data from a SQL server database. The contents of this field can be as long as 20 caracters. The problem however is that in Word I only need the first 7 caracters. How can make the cel formatting the tekst this way ? Thanks in advance Hein |
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It's not really practical to try and do that unless you were using a fixed
pitch (non proportionally spaced) font. If you were, then by trial and error, you could set the cell dimensions to exact values that allowed only the required number of characters to be displayed. -- Please respond to the Newsgroup for the benefit of others who may be interested. Questions sent directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis. Hope this helps, Doug Robbins - Word MVP wrote in message ... Hello, I'am using a 'mergefield' statement in a Word XP table wich takes out data from a SQL server database. The contents of this field can be as long as 20 caracters. The problem however is that in Word I only need the first 7 caracters. How can make the cel formatting the tekst this way ? Thanks in advance Hein |
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Thanks for your support, but I'am still unable to make it work.
Hein "Doug Robbins" schreef in bericht ... It's not really practical to try and do that unless you were using a fixed pitch (non proportionally spaced) font. If you were, then by trial and error, you could set the cell dimensions to exact values that allowed only the required number of characters to be displayed. -- Please respond to the Newsgroup for the benefit of others who may be interested. Questions sent directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis. Hope this helps, Doug Robbins - Word MVP wrote in message ... Hello, I'am using a 'mergefield' statement in a Word XP table wich takes out data from a SQL server database. The contents of this field can be as long as 20 caracters. The problem however is that in Word I only need the first 7 caracters. How can make the cel formatting the tekst this way ? Thanks in advance Hein |
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