Microsoft KB Archive/909839

= You cannot input more than 255 characters in the Text field of a document library or picture library in Windows SharePoint Services =

Article ID: 909839

Article Last Modified on 11/17/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services
 * Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003

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SYMPTOMS
Consider the following scenario. You create the Multiple lines of text property for the columns that are in a Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services document library or picture library. Then, you type content that contains more than 255 characters in the Text field of a new document.

In this scenario, you receive the following error message if you type more than 255 characters in the Text field of a new document:

can have no more than 255 characters.

Note The placeholder  is a placeholder for the name of the column in the list.



CAUSE
This issue occurs because of a design limitation in the following programs:
 * Windows SharePoint Services
 * Microsoft Office 2003 and earlier versions of Microsoft Office

The OLE property streams that are associated with Office do not support more than 255 characters. Additionally, if you change the character limit for the Text field to more than 255 characters, you cannot demote the OLE property in the Office document.

Keywords: kbtshoot kbprb KB909839

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