MS WORD MERGE FIELD LIMIT IS TOO SMALL. The maximum MSWord merge field data
set is 256 characters. This limit makes Word merge useless for many real-life
merges. If a limit is required please make it very large. Here is a real
life sample to demonstrate: Access/Excel DB holds grades, comments(400-5000
characters long), email_addr, student names etc. for student exams. I merge
the Student_Names, grade, comments (full text), etc. to student email
addresses. The comments are longer than 256 characters. The 256 character
limit makes MS Word merge useless €“ my old ver. of Word Perfect works fine. I
urge you to lift the limit-or make it very large.