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.
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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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