Word: Maximum Number of Merge Fields Allowed Is Incorrect
PSS ID Number: Q20347
Article last modified on 08-03-1993
PSS database name: M_WorD

1.00 1.05 3.00 3.01 3.02 4.00

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Summary:

Page 177 of the "Reference to Microsoft Word" version 1.0 manual and
Page 69 of the "Reference to Microsoft Word" version 3.0 manual
incorrectly state that Word supports up to 256 merge fields.

This is a documentation error. The maximum number of fields that Word
versions 1.x, 3.x, and 4.00 support is 127.

For more information about this and other limits of Word version 4.00,
see Page 397 of the "Reference to Microsoft Word" version 4.0 manual.

Additional reference words: mswdmerge

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