Microsoft KB Archive/42159

Word 5.00 Vital Statistics

PSS ID Number: Q42159 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

5.00

MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

The following article gives Word version 5.00 “vital statistics” for file sizes in documents (no limit means you are limited only by available disk space) and for the following commands: Spell, Thesaurus, Merge, Search, Glossary, Macro, and Document-retrieval.

= MORE INFORMATION =

Documents
Description Limit ———– —–

Maximum document size 8.3 MB

Maximum number of documents open at once for editing 8

Maximum page length 22 inches

Minimum page length 1 inch

Maximum page width 22 inches

Maximum margins 22 inches

Maximum number of fonts per document 64 (256, if you count normal, bold, italic, and bold-italic as separate types)

Maximum number of tabs per paragraph 19

Maximum number of styles per style sheet 128

Maximum number of columns 22 (with page width set to 22 inches, and distance between columns .01 inch)

Maximum number of consecutive side-by-side paragraphs 32

Maximum line length 255 characters

Maximum size of a single paragraph 32K

Maximum size of bookmark text 64K

Maximum spreadsheet size for import 32K

Maximum number of footnotes No limit

Maximum number of index entries Memory dependent

Maximum number of bookmarks per document No limit

Maximum number of automatically numbered series (for Xref) No limit

Maximum number of paragraphs or headings for sorting Memory dependent

Spell and Thesaurus
Description Limit ———– —–

Number of words in dictionary 130,000 words

Number of words in thesaurus 15,000 roots 220,000 synonyms

Maximum number of words that can be added to the main dictionary No limit

Maximum number of words in user dictionary No limit

Maximum number of words in document dictionary No limit

Maximum number of user dictionaries in use at once 1

Macros and Glossaries
Description Limit ———– —–

Maximum number of glossary entries/ macros in a single glossary file No limit

Maximum size of a single glossary entry/macro No limit

Maximum size of glossary/macro file No limit

Maximum length of glossary entry/macro name 31 characters

Maximum number of nested levels in macros 16

Maximum numbers of variables in a macro (including nested macros and array entries) 64

Maximum length of macro variable name 64 characters

Maximum length of text string allowed in IF statement 256 characters

Maximum length of prompt allowed in PAUSE, SET, ASK, or MESSAGE 80 characters

Print Merge
Description Limit ———– —–

Maximum number of fields in main document No limit

Maximum size of data file No limit

Maximum length of field name 64 characters

Maximum number of fields in header 256

Maximum number of nested includes 64

Maximum length of text string allowed in IF statement 256 characters

Maximum length of prompt allowed in SET or ASK 80 characters

Maximum size of a data field 256 characters

Search and Document Retrieval
Description Limit ———– —–

Maximum search text length 256 characters

Maximum length of document title 40 characters

Maximum length of author 40 characters

Maximum length of operator 40 characters

Maximum length of comments 256 characters

Maximum length of keywords 80 characters

Maximum length of version number 10 characters

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