Microsoft KB Archive/142752

= WD6x: Word 6.0 for the Macintosh Operating Limitations =

Article ID: 142752

Article Last Modified on 11/21/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 6.0 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q142752



SUMMARY
This article provides a list of the operating limitations for Word for the Macintosh, versions 6.0 and 6.0.1.

Feature                                Limitation ---                                --

Document size                          32 million characters

Number of open documents               50

Number of custom toolbars              limited by available memory

Number of custom tools                 limited by available memory

Number of fields per document          limited by available memory

Number of styles per document          4,093

Length of a style name                 253 characters

Number of fonts per document*          32,767

Number of characters per line          768

Font size                              1,637 points (22 inches)

Amount of space between characters     1,637 points

Distance text can be raised or lowered                           1,637 points

Number of words in main dictionary     106,000

Number of custom dictionaries          10

Length of bookmark name                40 characters

Number of bookmarks per document        16,379

Length of AutoText entry name (including spaces)                   32 characters

Number of AutoText entries per document template                    limited by available memory

Maximum macro size                     limited by available memory

Number of global templates             limited by available memory

Length of macro variable name          40 characters

Number of columns in a table           31

Number of newspaper style columns      45

Number of AutoCorrect entries          limited by available memory

Number of pages in multi-page view (print preview)                      128 (depending on monitor)

Number of numbering levels             9

Number of outline levels               9

Size of master document including subdocuments               32 million characters

Number of subdocuments per master document**                    50

Number of levels of subdocuments       9

Number of colors                       256

Number of files in MRU file list       9

Number of template directories         2

Maximum size of a custom dictionary    32K

* This number is limited by your System to a much lower number.
 * Limit may be affected by available contiguous memory.

