lost text in merge

[Cat Nichols]

I'm losing text from the end of a field in my Word merge from my Excel file.
It seems to let me have about 48 or so words and then the rest is gone.

 

[Peter Jamieson]

1. Have a look at http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk/t0003.htm and for the moment you
probably need to use the "DDE" option. The limit is likely to be "255
characters" rather than a certain number of words.

Peter Jamieson

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

From information posted by a fellow contributor, Peter Jamieson, I
understand that Word looks at the first 8 or so records in the data source
to determine the type
of data in each field. If there is no field in any of those 8 or so records
that contains
more than 255 characters, that field in all subsequent records will be
truncated at 255 characters.



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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

 

[Cat Nichols]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It worked and saved me much time and effort!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!