What are the maximum numbers of characters you can use to name a file??!

€¢ Word 2002: The total length of both the path and the file
name, including the file name extension, cannot exceed 255
characters.
€¢ PowerPoint 2002: The total length of both the path and the
file name, including file name extension, cannot exceed 256
characters.
€¢ Access 2002: The total length of both the path and the file
name, including file name extension, cannot exceed 249 characters.
€¢ Excel 2002: The total length of both the path and the file
name, including file name extension, cannot exceed 218 characters.
€¢ Outlook 2002: The total length of both the path and the file
name, including file name extension, cannot exceed 255 characters.

€¢ Word 2000: The total length of the path and the file name,
including file name extension, cannot exceed 254 characters.
€¢ PowerPoint 2000: The total length of the path and the file
name, including file name extension, cannot exceed 258 characters.
€¢ Access 2000: The total length of the path and the file name,
including file name extension cannot exceed 258 characters.
€¢ Excel 2000: The total length of the path and the file name,
including file name extension, cannot exceed 218 characters.
€¢ Outlook 2000: The total length of the path and the file name,
including file name extension, cannot exceed 258 characters.

Note: This limitation includes three characters that represent
the drive, the characters in the folder names, the backslash
character between folders, and the characters in the file name.


nilufer wrote:

What are the maximum numbers of characters you can use to name a file??!

On Wed, 15 Jun 2005 00:32:03 -0700, "nilufer"
wrote in
microsoft.public.word.docmanagement:

What are the maximum numbers of characters you can use to name a file??!

That depends on the operating system, the file system, and the program
accessing these files.

Usually, the limit is 255 characters for a filename, 260 for a full
path. However, for NTFS filenames under NT5.x, the limit is 32K
characters.

Trying it out in your environment shouldn't be too difficult.

--
Michael Bednarek http://mbednarek.com/ "POST NO BILLS"

Hi ?B?bmlsdWZlcg==?=,

What are the maximum numbers of characters you can use to name a file??!

Depends on the operating system you're using. Best place to get this
information is to inquire in a group specific to that operating system.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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