Truncating length of merge fields

[Andrew Duncan]

Does anyone know why suddenly the length of merge fields
in Word 2000 and Word XP have become truncated? For
example a merge field that was prevoiusly

cd_listingsvendor_solicitor_address1

is now

cd_listingsvendor_solicitor_addr

it seems like there is a limit now on the length of long
merge fields, perhaps after installing an update/service
pack?

Any ideas?

Many thanks, - Andrew

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi Andrew,

I've seen reports of this, occasionally. But I've never
been able to track it down to one particular origin. Is it
causing any specific problems for you?

Does anyone know why suddenly the length of merge fields
in Word 2000 and Word XP have become truncated? For
example a merge field that was prevoiusly

cd_listingsvendor_solicitor_address1

is now

cd_listingsvendor_solicitor_addr

it seems like there is a limit now on the length of long
merge fields, perhaps after installing an update/service
pack?

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update
Sep 30 2003)
http://www.mvps.org/word

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