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Lenght of Merge Fields?
Hi,
Does anyone know if there is a limit to the number of characters a merge field name can be? Also if that has changed from older versions of Word to newer versions of Word? For example I've had some users who were using something like this: «CD_Listingspurchaser_solicitor_address1» and now have to use a shorter version like this: «CD_Listingspurch_sol_addr1» Many thanks, Andrew |
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Why do they have to use a shorter version? Are they getting an error?
************ Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "Mr user" wrote in message ... Hi, Does anyone know if there is a limit to the number of characters a merge field name can be? Also if that has changed from older versions of Word to newer versions of Word? For example I've had some users who were using something like this: «CD_Listingspurchaser_solicitor_address1» and now have to use a shorter version like this: «CD_Listingspurch_sol_addr1» Many thanks, Andrew |
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Yes - it says the merge field can't be found and prompts you to replace it
with another merge field from the list. Andrew "Anne Troy" wrote: Why do they have to use a shorter version? Are they getting an error? ************ Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "Mr user" wrote in message ... Hi, Does anyone know if there is a limit to the number of characters a merge field name can be? Also if that has changed from older versions of Word to newer versions of Word? For example I've had some users who were using something like this: «CD_Listingspurchaser_solicitor_address1» and now have to use a shorter version like this: «CD_Listingspurch_sol_addr1» Many thanks, Andrew |
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Then likely the data source file headings were changed, that's all.
************ Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "Mr user" wrote in message news  Yes - it says the merge field can't be found and prompts you to replace it with another merge field from the list. Andrew "Anne Troy" wrote: Why do they have to use a shorter version? Are they getting an error? ************ Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "Mr user" wrote in message ... Hi, Does anyone know if there is a limit to the number of characters a merge field name can be? Also if that has changed from older versions of Word to newer versions of Word? For example I've had some users who were using something like this: «CD_Listingspurchaser_solicitor_address1» and now have to use a shorter version like this: «CD_Listingspurch_sol_addr1» Many thanks, Andrew |
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They weren't by us, but Microsoft Word starts to truncate them for some
reason in some versions of Word but they are fine in other versions, which made we ask what is the limit on the number of characters for a merge field. Do you know the answer to this? Thanks, Andrew "Anne Troy" wrote: Then likely the data source file headings were changed, that's all. ************ Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "Mr user" wrote in message news Yes - it says the merge field can't be found and prompts you to replace it with another merge field from the list. Andrew "Anne Troy" wrote: Why do they have to use a shorter version? Are they getting an error? ************ Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "Mr user" wrote in message ... Hi, Does anyone know if there is a limit to the number of characters a merge field name can be? Also if that has changed from older versions of Word to newer versions of Word? For example I've had some users who were using something like this: «CD_Listingspurchaser_solicitor_address1» and now have to use a shorter version like this: «CD_Listingspurch_sol_addr1» Many thanks, Andrew |
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I'm sorry. I never heard of any such thing.
************ Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "Mr user" wrote in message ... They weren't by us, but Microsoft Word starts to truncate them for some reason in some versions of Word but they are fine in other versions, which made we ask what is the limit on the number of characters for a merge field. Do you know the answer to this? Thanks, Andrew "Anne Troy" wrote: Then likely the data source file headings were changed, that's all. ************ Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "Mr user" wrote in message news Yes - it says the merge field can't be found and prompts you to replace it with another merge field from the list. Andrew "Anne Troy" wrote: Why do they have to use a shorter version? Are they getting an error? ************ Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "Mr user" wrote in message ... Hi, Does anyone know if there is a limit to the number of characters a merge field name can be? Also if that has changed from older versions of Word to newer versions of Word? For example I've had some users who were using something like this: «CD_Listingspurchaser_solicitor_address1» and now have to use a shorter version like this: «CD_Listingspurch_sol_addr1» Many thanks, Andrew |
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