Microsoft KB Archive/168804

= WD97: Operating Parameter Limitations and Specifications =

Article ID: 168804

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q168804



SUMMARY
This article lists some of the operating parameter limits of Word 97 and Visual Basic for Applications.



Visual Basic for Applications Limits
  Operating parameter                   Limit ---

Macro size                           Limited only by available memory

Number of macros per template        150

Number of global macros              150

Length of variable, subroutine, and user-defined function names      80

Length of string variables           65,280 characters

Highest number                       1.7976931348623 x 10308

Number of nesting levels for conditionals and loops               16

Number of nesting levels for calls to subroutines or functions in another macro                     5

Number of arguments that can be  passed to a subroutine or function    20

Word Limits
  Operating parameter                   Limit ---

Number of open windows               Limited only by available memory

Maximum file size                    32 MB (see note 1)

Number of words in custom dictionaries                         5,000

Maximum custom dictionary file size                            65,593 bytes (64KB)   Main dictionary (U.S. English)        137,000 words

Thesaurus (U.S. English)             44,000 key words

Thesaurus (U.S. English)             458,000 synonyms

Length of bookmark names             40 characters

Number of bookmarks per document     16,379

Length of AutoText entry names (including spaces)                   32 characters

Number of AutoText entries per       limited by template file document template                    size/available memory

Number of global AutoText entries    limited by template file size/available memory

Length of style names                255 characters

Number of styles per document or template                          10,000

Number of fields per document        32,000

Number of general switches in  a field                               10

Number of field-specific switches in a field                           10

Number of nesting levels for fields  20

Number of subdocuments in a master document                             255

Number of columns in a table         63

Number of newspaper columns          45 (number of columns is affected                                         by page size and margin settings)

Number of tabs set in a paragraph    64

Minimum page height                  0.1 inch

Maximum page height                  22 inches

Minimum page width                   0.1 inch

Maximum page width                   22 inches

Number of custom toolbars            Limited only by available memory

Number of custom toolbar buttons     Limited only by available memory

Number of characters per line        768

Minimum Font size                    1 point

Maximum Font size                    1,638 point (22 inches)

Number of fonts per document         32,767

Amount of space between characters   1,584 point

Distance text can be raised or  lowered                               1,584 point

Maximum color palette                256 colors

Maximum number of Font Colors        16 (auto not included)

Default CacheSize                    64K

Default Bitmap Cache (Bitmapmemory)  1 MB

Note: Maximum File Size
The maximum file size is limited to 32 MB for the total document text only and does not include graphics regardless of how the graphic is inserted (Link to file, Save with document, or Float over text) into the document. Therefore, if the file contains graphics, the maximum file size can be larger than 32 MB. Note: This maximum file size is different from previous versions of Word.

For additional information about graphic compression, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

132271 Importing Bitmaps: Determining Size and Memory Requirements

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