My mailmerge field is being cut off at 151 characters

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NU_Dave - 01 Feb 2007 15:47 GMT

I've searched through other posts, and have seen references to 255 byte
limitations, but I have a 208 byte field that is being cropped to 151
characters.

The document template is just running paragraphs - nothing special - no
tables, etc.

The first 151 characters is displayed, actually taking up two lines
(wrapping to the second) and appears to be cut off rather than wrap to a 3rd
line.

Is there a way to indicate how much room on the mailmerge document the field
is allowed to display?

Any help is appreciated.

Dave

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Peter Jamieson - 01 Feb 2007 15:57 GMT

Is the mailmerge field that is being cropped in a table? If so, make sure
the cell containing it does not have "Fit text" checked (e.g. Table|Table
Properties...|Cell|Options )

If not, what is the data source, and which version of Word?

> Is there a way to indicate how much room on the mailmerge document the
> field
> is allowed to display?

Are you trying to limit the text to a specific area, and what do want to
happen if it is too large?

Peter Jamieson

> I've searched through other posts, and have seen references to 255 byte
> limitations, but I have a 208 byte field that is being cropped to 151
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>
> Dave

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NU_Dave - 01 Feb 2007 16:02 GMT

Ok, thanks. As it turns out, this one field had been created in a one cell
table, and your "Fit Text" suggestion took care of things.

Dave

> Is the mailmerge field that is being cropped in a table? If so, make sure
> the cell containing it does not have "Fit text" checked (e.g. Table|Table
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> >
> > Dave

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