Microsoft KB Archive/95408

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 * Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.1a, 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c

SUMMARY
The following is a list of Word for Windows operating limitations. Word for Windows may display an error message if you exceed these limits. Some of these limits are determined by the amount of available memory in your computer and whether or not your computer uses an extended memory manager (EMM). Features with fixed maximums are marked with an asterisk (*).

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Operating Parameter               Version 2.0            Versions 1.x ---                ---

Number of open windows            9 *                    Same as 2.0

Maximum file size                 16 MB                  Same as 2.0

Number of words in user           10,000                 Same as 2.0 dictionaries Length of a bookmark name         20 characters *        Same as 2.0

Number of bookmarks in a          450                    Same as 2.0 document Length of a glossary entry        31 characters *        Same as 2.0 name (including spaces) Number of glossary entries        150                    Same as 2.0 per document template Number of global glossary         150                    Same as 2.0 entries Length of style name              24 characters *        Same as 2.0

Number of styles per              220 *                  Same as 2.0 document or document template Number of macros per              150                    Same as 2.0 document template Number of global macros           150                    Same as 2.0

Number of nesting levels          16 *                   Same as 2.0 in macros Number of general switches        10 *                   Same as 2.0 in a field Number of field-specific          10 *                   Same as 2.0 switches in a field Number of nested fields           20 *                   Same as 2.0

Number of fields in a             2,000                  Same as 2.0 document Point size of characters          127                    Not shown

Number of columns in a table      31                     Not shown

Number of newspaper-style         100                    Not shown columns Number of tabs set in             50                     Not shown a paragraph Minimum page height               3 inches               Not shown

Characters per line               255 **                 Same as 2.0 the &quot;Microsoft Word for Windows User's Guide&quot; for version 2.0. There are additional limitations listed in the &quot;Microsoft Word Developer's Kit,&quot; second edition, page 987. Reference(s):
 * These operating limitations are not documented in Appendix C of

&quot;Microsoft Word for Windows User's Guide,&quot; version 2.0, page 811

&quot;Microsoft Word for Windows User's Reference,&quot; version 1.x, page 234
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Last reviewed: July 30, 1997

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