Microsoft KB Archive/84299

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PRJ: Cannot Paste Field of More Than 252 Characters

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Q84299

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Project for Windows, versions 3.0, 4.0
 * Microsoft Project for the Macintosh, version 4.0

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SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Project, if you attempt to edit, paste, use the Fill Down command (on the Edit menu), or use the Paste Link command in such a way that more than 252 characters appear in a list field, you will receive one of the following error messages:

List is too long to edit

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Data is invalid

Note also that if you copy and paste an entire row of information, the list fields that are more than 252 characters will not be pasted with the task.

The list fields that are affected by this problem include Predecessors, Successors, Unique ID Predecessors, Unique ID Successors, Resource Initials, and Resource Name.

WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, use the following steps:


 * 1) Copy the list field to another program such as Microsoft Excel.
 * 2) Remove the three ending ellipses from the data (this will reduce the total character count to 252).
 * 3) Paste the list field back into Microsoft Project.

STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbusage

Issue type : kbbug

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