Mail merge cuts off some text, how do i fix this?

[k&p]

I have a report that pulls info into excel in preparation for a mail merge
report in word.

One of the mail merge fields contains a string of text that is 279
characters (including spaces).

When merged into the Word document, it seems to cut it off at 255 characters.

Is there a limit to how much text I can import into a mail merge document?
If not, is there a way to fix this?

Thank you in advance!

 

[k&p]

Found another post that was dealing with the same issue.
Here's the instructions from the other post. Works great!

From the Tools menu in Word, select Options and then go to the General tab
and check the box against "Confirm conversions at open" Then when you
attach the data source, choose the DDE option in the dialog box that asks
you for the method by which the connection to the data source should be
made. I think that this will overcome the 255 character limit that you are
up against at the moment.