Microsoft KB Archive/816946

= You cannot type your whole certificate's name in the &quot;Your Certificate's Name&quot; box in Office =

Article ID: 816946

Article Last Modified on 1/27/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Standard Edition 2003
 * Microsoft Office Basic 2007
 * Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007
 * Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007
 * Microsoft Office Professional 2007
 * Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007
 * Microsoft Office Standard 2007
 * Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007
 * Microsoft Office Word 2007

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SYMPTOMS
When you try to type your certificate's name in the Your certificate's name box in the Create Digital Certificate dialog box, you may not be able to type the whole name.



CAUSE
This issue occurs when your certificate's name contains more than 259 characters. The Your certificate's name box has a 259-character limitation.



WORKAROUND
To work around this issue, make sure that your certificate's name contains no more than 259 characters.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.



MORE INFORMATION
The Create Digital Certificate program creates a self-signed digital certificate that bears the name that you type.

To create a digital certificate, follow these steps:  Click Start, and then click Run. In the Open dialog box, click Browse.  Navigate to the following folder:

Office 2007
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12

Office 2003
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office 2003

 Double-click the Selfcert.exe file. The Create Digital Certificate program opens. In the Your certificate's name box, type a certificate name (up to 259 characters), and then click OK. Click OK in response to the following message:

Successfully created a new certificate for Your certificate's name.

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Additional query words: OFF2007 WD2007

Keywords: kbdigitalcertificates kbbug KB816946

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