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# PRJ: Gantt Bar Names Truncated to First 51 Characters

Article ID: 113338

Article Last Modified on 1/18/2007

APPLIES TO

- Microsoft Project 2000 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Project 98 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Project 4.1 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Project 4.1a
- Microsoft Project 3.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Project 3.0a
- Microsoft Project 4.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Project 3.0 for Macintosh
- Microsoft Project 4.0 for Macintosh

This article was previously published under Q113338

## SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Project, when you edit Gantt bar styles, although you can enter more than 51 characters for bar names, only the first 51 characters entered are actually retained.
Note that a similar 51-character limit exists for the text in the Show For...Tasks column. Note also that if the last entry in the Show For...Tasks column after truncating the list to 51 characters is still valid, Microsoft Project will retain that entry. For example, if you enter a list of conditions such that the "0" in Flag10 is the fifty-second character, the result will be a list ending with Flag1.

## CAUSE

There is a 51-character limit for bar names.

## STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the versions of Microsoft Project listed above.

Additional query words: prj2000 3.00a

Keywords: kbbug kbnofix KB113338