PUB98: Mail Merge Field Names and Merged Data May be Truncated
Article ID: 179529
Article Last Modified on 11/10/1999
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Publisher 98 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q179529
SYMPTOMS
When you perform a mail merge in Publisher, the field names may be
truncated when viewing field codes. When you are in Show Field Codes
mode you may find that field names containing more than 60 characters
are truncated in your publication. You may also notice when you merge your
results, fields containing more than 255 characters of data will be truncated as
well.
CAUSE
Publisher limits the length of a specific field name to 60 characters.
Also, when merged into Publisher all field data is truncated to 255 characters.
This is still true even if the database is created outside of Publisher, and the
database supports field names and field data of greater lengths. Publisher
cannot exceed these limits. This is by design.
Additional query words: Pub98 field codes limit
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