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Mail Merge Limitations
I am using Microsoft office, version 2000 (my employer has not yet upgraded.)
I have a merge document that is going to require more than 256 fields so I can't use Excel. Using a .csv file would work, but I lose the calculation capability of doing this in Excel. Do newer versions of Microsoft office allow for bigger merge files? Thanks! |
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Mail Merge Limitations
I believe the same limits apply, however what's to stop you storing and
calculating the data in Excel then output the resulting file to CSV for use as a merge source? However I find it difficult to imagine a mail merge that requires more than 256 fields? -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Lisa@Pru wrote: I am using Microsoft office, version 2000 (my employer has not yet upgraded.) I have a merge document that is going to require more than 256 fields so I can't use Excel. Using a .csv file would work, but I lose the calculation capability of doing this in Excel. Do newer versions of Microsoft office allow for bigger merge files? Thanks! |
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Mail Merge Limitations
Using a mail merge to accomplish our task is certainly not the method of
choice, but it will be better than the very manula process we do now. It never occured to me to just work past the limits of Excel and then save it as a .csv file - I think that will work. Thanks - sometimes you get yourself to a point where you can't see the forest for the trees! "Graham Mayor" wrote: I believe the same limits apply, however what's to stop you storing and calculating the data in Excel then output the resulting file to CSV for use as a merge source? However I find it difficult to imagine a mail merge that requires more than 256 fields? -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Lisa@Pru wrote: I am using Microsoft office, version 2000 (my employer has not yet upgraded.) I have a merge document that is going to require more than 256 fields so I can't use Excel. Using a .csv file would work, but I lose the calculation capability of doing this in Excel. Do newer versions of Microsoft office allow for bigger merge files? Thanks! |
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