Data source limits

I am looking for the maximum number of records in a data source that can be
used in a Word Merge.

I need to produce 40,000 letters and need to know if Word can handle it.

Thank you

David

Hi =?Utf-8?B?RGF2aWQgRnJlZWRtYW4=?=,

There is no official upper limit for the number of records Word's mail merge
can handle. There are usually practical limits, however, that are determined
by the resources provided by the hosting machine. IOW, some trial and error
will be necessary.

FWIW, mail merge gets slower as the merge progresses. Word apparently always
goes back and starts counting at "1" as it processes each record. So you will
likely find you'll need to break the mail merge down into smaller blocks.

I am looking for the maximum number of records in a data source that can be
used in a Word Merge.

I need to produce 40,000 letters and need to know if Word can handle it.


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

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