Word 2002 SP2 & Mail Merge ?

[Deasun]

Good evening,

Is there a limit to the number of records that a data
source txt file can have for a mail merge data source?

My file is 7,255KB big.
# of records: 25151

If I cut the file down to 130 records it works fine.
Problem in Word is with 130 records i can move back and
forth thru the records no problem. With 25000+ records it
opens to record 110 and won't move off it.
All the records look fine, no weird chara.s or misssing
values/fields.

I am at a loss as to whats wrong with it.

Thanks for the help in advance.
Deasun

 

[Cindy Meister -WordMVP-]

Hi Deasun,

There's no official limit to the number of records mail
merge can bring in, but there's usually a practical one. At
some point, the system running mail merge just bogs down -
it will be different from configuration to configuration.

All you can do is test until you find your system's breaking
point, then break down the mail merge into batches.

Is there a limit to the number of records that a data
source txt file can have for a mail merge data source?

My file is 7,255KB big.
# of records: 25151

If I cut the file down to 130 records it works fine.
Problem in Word is with 130 records i can move back and
forth thru the records no problem. With 25000+ records it
opens to record 110 and won't move off it.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jan
24 2003)
http://www.mvps.org/word

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