Article ID: 168804
Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
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.
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Visual Basic for Applications Limits
Operating parameter Limit
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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
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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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