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Tim - 23 May 2005 18:17 GMT

I am merging data from Excel 2002 and the field that is merged into Word 2002
is truncated. Does the mail merge field have a field size of 250 characters?
If so, is there any way to to override this limitation?

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Cindy M -WordMVP- - 25 May 2005 07:51 GMT

Hi =?Utf-8?B?VGlt?=,

> I am merging data from Excel 2002 and the field that is merged into Word 2002
> is truncated. Does the mail merge field have a field size of 250 characters?
> If so, is there any way to to override this limitation?

Some types of data connection will have this effect, yes. Try using a DDE
connection to the data and see if that makes any difference. Activate "Confirm
conversions on open" in Tools/Options/General, then link to the Excel workbook
again. You should get a list, from which you can select DDE.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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