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# of characters per field in mail merge (MSWord)
What is the maximum # of characters that can be imported in a MSWord mail
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Hi ?B?TVMgV29yZA==?=,
What is the maximum # of characters that can be imported in a MSWord mail merge? Depends on the version of Word, of MDAC, and the type of data source. The "official" limit has always been 255. There was a loop-hole in that for some types of data sources, with some versions of Word. The loop-hole was closed in the original release of Word 2000. There was such an uproar that is was re-opened again for some types of data; and as I recall, the limit for this new loophole is some 16,000 characters (although it might be 32,000). Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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