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Will Word mailmerge more than 255 characters from an Excel file?
I have Office 2003, and I am having trouble merging an Excel file into a Word
document. One field is quite long, and is truncated to 255 char in the merge. I have installed the converter, and it is active. Conversion causes a fatal error. I have the opportunity to upgrade to Office XP. I don't want to make the shift, however, if it won't solve my problem. Does anyone have experience with merging fields longer than 255 characters? |
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Will Word mailmerge more than 255 characters from an Excel file?
For an explanation and some suggestions, see
http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk/t0003.htm Try the DDE route first if you haven't already. Peter Jamieson "OkieStateLynn" wrote in message ... I have Office 2003, and I am having trouble merging an Excel file into a Word document. One field is quite long, and is truncated to 255 char in the merge. I have installed the converter, and it is active. Conversion causes a fatal error. I have the opportunity to upgrade to Office XP. I don't want to make the shift, however, if it won't solve my problem. Does anyone have experience with merging fields longer than 255 characters? |
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Will Word mailmerge more than 255 characters from an Excel fil
I've tried the DDE route. Word acts like I haven't selected a data file to
import. After reading your referenced site, I wonder if using a multi-page worksheet is contributing to the problem. I'll strip it down and try again. "Peter Jamieson" wrote: For an explanation and some suggestions, see http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk/t0003.htm Try the DDE route first if you haven't already. Peter Jamieson "OkieStateLynn" wrote in message ... I have Office 2003, and I am having trouble merging an Excel file into a Word document. One field is quite long, and is truncated to 255 char in the merge. I have installed the converter, and it is active. Conversion causes a fatal error. I have the opportunity to upgrade to Office XP. I don't want to make the shift, however, if it won't solve my problem. Does anyone have experience with merging fields longer than 255 characters? |
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Will Word mailmerge more than 255 characters from an Excel fil
Three cheers for Peter! I am merging beautifully! I isolated the single
Excel worksheet that contains my data. I reinstalled the Excel converter from Graham Mayor's site (http://www.gmayor.com/downloads.htm). I rebooted the computer. I started with a clean, new Word document. When I confirmed a DDE connection, Word sailed through the process flawlessly. There's something to be said for starting fresh! I would not have known where to begin had I not read Peter Jamison's posts from 2004. Thanks, Peter! "OkieStateLynn" wrote: I've tried the DDE route. Word acts like I haven't selected a data file to import. After reading your referenced site, I wonder if using a multi-page worksheet is contributing to the problem. I'll strip it down and try again. "Peter Jamieson" wrote: For an explanation and some suggestions, see http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk/t0003.htm Try the DDE route first if you haven't already. Peter Jamieson "OkieStateLynn" wrote in message ... I have Office 2003, and I am having trouble merging an Excel file into a Word document. One field is quite long, and is truncated to 255 char in the merge. I have installed the converter, and it is active. Conversion causes a fatal error. I have the opportunity to upgrade to Office XP. I don't want to make the shift, however, if it won't solve my problem. Does anyone have experience with merging fields longer than 255 characters? |
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Nice to have a result:-)
Peter Jamieson "OkieStateLynn" wrote in message ... Three cheers for Peter! I am merging beautifully! I isolated the single Excel worksheet that contains my data. I reinstalled the Excel converter from Graham Mayor's site (http://www.gmayor.com/downloads.htm). I rebooted the computer. I started with a clean, new Word document. When I confirmed a DDE connection, Word sailed through the process flawlessly. There's something to be said for starting fresh! I would not have known where to begin had I not read Peter Jamison's posts from 2004. Thanks, Peter! "OkieStateLynn" wrote: I've tried the DDE route. Word acts like I haven't selected a data file to import. After reading your referenced site, I wonder if using a multi-page worksheet is contributing to the problem. I'll strip it down and try again. "Peter Jamieson" wrote: For an explanation and some suggestions, see http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk/t0003.htm Try the DDE route first if you haven't already. Peter Jamieson "OkieStateLynn" wrote in message ... I have Office 2003, and I am having trouble merging an Excel file into a Word document. One field is quite long, and is truncated to 255 char in the merge. I have installed the converter, and it is active. Conversion causes a fatal error. I have the opportunity to upgrade to Office XP. I don't want to make the shift, however, if it won't solve my problem. Does anyone have experience with merging fields longer than 255 characters? |
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