File Name Length

[JM]

Does anyone know if filenames can be longer than 31 characters in Office
2004? Thanks.

 

[JE McGimpsey]

Does anyone know if filenames can be longer than 31 characters in Office
2004? Thanks.

FIrst, you *can* have filenames longer than 31 characters in Office v.X
already - you just can't generate them. While v.X apps display a hash at
the end of a long filename, it keeps the filename intact when you save.

MS hasn't announced anything regarding long file names in 2004 yet, so
anyone who knows is not supposed to say, one way or the other. Anybody
who says, either doesn't know, or is breaking their NDA.

 

[Pehr Jansson]

Of anything that O'2004 might have, this is the first one they should
have tackled. As someone said elsewhere, it is the most annoying
thing I encounter on a daily basis using my Mac and the most vexing
when you want to stay compatible with Windows colleagues and clients.

 

[JE McGimpsey]

Of anything that O'2004 might have, this is the first one they should
have tackled. As someone said elsewhere, it is the most annoying
thing I encounter on a daily basis using my Mac and the most vexing
when you want to stay compatible with Windows colleagues and clients.

Well, it's moderately high on my list, too, but certainly not the most
vexing problem. Very few of my clients use longer than 31 characters,
and those that do can't find the long file names on their own machine
half the time. Unicode's definitely higher on my list, I know a lot of
people want the Exchange features improved, and there are a few others.

That's why it's important to provide feedback to MacBU, so that they get
a feel for what a variety of people want.

 

[Richard Osmond]

I agree 100% with how irritating this is - having just been working on
a slew of budget files in Excel which needed to be submitted back to
the powers-that-be with intact filenames (so they still linked to
their master documents) this really drives me up the wall. And just
day-to-day, 31 characters really isn't enough, especially with a file
extension. If Office 2004 fixes this, I'll buy it. Otherwise, I won't.
End of story.

 

[Paul Berkowitz]

I agree 100% with how irritating this is - having just been working on
a slew of budget files in Excel which needed to be submitted back to
the powers-that-be with intact filenames (so they still linked to
their master documents) this really drives me up the wall. And just
day-to-day, 31 characters really isn't enough, especially with a file
extension. If Office 2004 fixes this, I'll buy it. Otherwise, I won't.
End of story.

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[William Smith]

I agree 100% with how irritating this is - having just been working on
a slew of budget files in Excel which needed to be submitted back to
the powers-that-be with intact filenames (so they still linked to
their master documents) this really drives me up the wall. And just
day-to-day, 31 characters really isn't enough, especially with a file
extension. If Office 2004 fixes this, I'll buy it. Otherwise, I won't.
End of story.

I agree that the 31 character limit is very frustrating, especially with
Windows interoperability.

Long file names up to 255 characters are supported in Office 2004.

bill