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MS Office Forum / Word / Mailmerge and Fax / February 2005mail merge error message: "exceeds maximum width"
I'm trying to add a field to a data source for a mail merge in Word 2003 and keep getting this error message that says "exceeds maximum width." What's going on here? What are you using as the data source - With 2003, a data source in a Word document is limited to about 64 fields, a data source in Excel or Access can have about 255 fields. Are you sure that the message is not that the maximum number of fields has been exceeded rather than "exceeds maximum width"  SignaturePlease respond to the Newsgroup for the benefit of others who may be interested. Questions sent directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis. Hope this helps, Doug Robbins - Word MVP > I'm trying to add a field to a data source for a mail merge in Word 2003 > and > keep getting this error message that says "exceeds maximum width." What's > going on here? Using Word 2003 as the data source, I had gotten to about 40 fields on my first try and somewhere in the teens on my second try before getting an error message that said "exceeds maximum width." Any ideas? Thanks for your responses. > What are you using as the data source - With 2003, a data source in a Word > document is limited to about 64 fields, a data source in Excel or Access can [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > keep getting this error message that says "exceeds maximum width." What's > > going on here? Just testing now, this happens because the total width of all of the columns becomes to great. If you reduce the width of the columns, you are able to add more, but the easiest thing is probably to use Excel as the datasource. SignaturePlease respond to the Newsgroup for the benefit of others who may be interested. Questions sent directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis. Hope this helps, Doug Robbins - Word MVP > Using Word 2003 as the data source, I had gotten to about 40 fields on my > first try and somewhere in the teens on my second try before getting an [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >> > What's >> > going on here? |
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