# of characters per field in mail merge (MSWord)

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Cindy M -WordMVP-

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What is the maximum # of characters that can be imported in a MSWord mail
merge?
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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

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