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MS WORD MERGE LIMIT MUST BE LARGER THAN 256 CHARACTERS
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. |
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