Microsoft KB Archive/20347

Word: Maximum Number of Merge Fields Allowed Is Incorrect PSS ID Number: Q20347 Article last modified on 08-03-1993 PSS database name: M_WorD

1.00 1.05 3.00 3.01 3.02 4.00

MACINTOSH

Summary:

Page 177 of the “Reference to Microsoft Word” version 1.0 manual and Page 69 of the “Reference to Microsoft Word” version 3.0 manual incorrectly state that Word supports up to 256 merge fields.

This is a documentation error. The maximum number of fields that Word versions 1.x, 3.x, and 4.00 support is 127.

For more information about this and other limits of Word version 4.00, see Page 397 of the “Reference to Microsoft Word” version 4.0 manual.

Additional reference words: mswdmerge

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