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Mail merge field limit?

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HenryAnthony

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Feb 14, 2001
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Hi,

I have a Word/Access mail merge document where a field in the database contains about 600 characters. When I merge this into Word, the text stops at 255 characters but then continues on with question marks like this:

The field starts like this and ends ???? ???? ????? ? ????

The Access query displays all the text. I'm wondering if there is a limit on characters in a merge field. I can find no reference to this in help. Any ideas will be appreciated.

Henry
 
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