Microsoft KB Archive/222288

= OL2000: Exporting Items to Excel Truncates the Message Body =

Article ID: 222288

Article Last Modified on 9/29/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q222288



SYMPTOMS
If you use the Import and Export Wizard to export Outlook items such as e-mail messages or contacts, to a Microsoft Excel file, the body of large e-mail messages or contact notes are truncated. This happens when the field contains over 255 characters.



RESOLUTION
Exporting to Microsoft Access instead of Excel, avoids this problem. To export a file to Access, follow these steps:
 * 1) On the File menu, click Import and Export.
 * 2) Under Choose an action to perform, click Export to a file, and then click Next.
 * 3) Under Create a file of type, click Microsoft Access, and then click Next. If you are prompted to install the Import/Export engine, click Yes.
 * 4) Under Select folder to export from, click to select your Inbox, and then click Next.
 * 5) Under Save exported file as, type the path and Access file name to which you want to export, and then click Next.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: OL2K

Keywords: kbbug kbnofix KB222288

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