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Old April 10th, 2010, 11:01 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields
KDG
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Default Cell text only partially imported in mail merge

I am trying to import a paragraph of text from Excel to a mail merge document
in Word; however, only a portion of the text is being imported. Is there a
character limit for mail merge fields?
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Old April 11th, 2010, 01:28 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields
Doug Robbins - Word MVP
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Default Cell text only partially imported in mail merge

The issue here is that when Word connects to an Excel data source, a
determination is made of the type of data that is in each of the fields by
the content of the first n records (n maybe 8, but not sure about that)

The problem that you are experiencing can be overcome by ensuring that the
first record in the datasource ( a dummy record if necessary) contains more
than 256 characters in the field for which the data is now being truncated.

You may also be able to overcome the issue by changing the way in which Word
connects to the datasource. That is done by checking the box for "Confirm
file format conversion on open" under Word OptionsAdvancedGeneral in Word
2007 or under ToolsOptionsGeneral in earlier versions. After you make
that change, when you attach the data source to the mail merge main
document, a dialog box will appear in which you can select the method by
which the attachment is made. Try the DDE option.

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Hope this helps.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com

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I am trying to import a paragraph of text from Excel to a mail merge
document
in Word; however, only a portion of the text is being imported. Is there a
character limit for mail merge fields?


 




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