Household Manager & Financial Planner Limitations & Maximums
  
PSS ID Number: Q126447
Article last modified on 05-26-1995
 
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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Bob, version 1.0
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SUMMARY
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Microsoft Bob's Household Manager and Financial Planner have various
character limitations and maximums depending on the particular types of
fields or columns in which you are entering information. This article lists
these limitations and maximums.
 
MORE INFORMATION
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Maximum number of Lists:              Based on Memory and Disk space
Maximum number of columns in a list:  25 and 1 Notes column
Maximum number of rows in a list:     1000
Dates:                                6 digits & 2 separators
Currency:                             8 digits & 2 digit
Notes:                                9600 characters
Numbers:                              8 digits & 2 digits after
                                        decimal For example,
                                        99,999,999.99 Max. 6 digits
                                        after decimal
 
Type of Field                         Maximum Characters
-------------                         ------------------
 
List Name                                  32
List Name Description                     131
Column Name                                50
 
If you try to type more than the maximum limit, you will get the
following error message:
 
   That's all that will fit! No more characters will fit here.
   Press the Backspace key, or the Delete key to remove any unwanted
   characters, and try again.
 
Column Type                           Maximum Characters
-----------                           ------------------
 
A Lot Of Words                            255
Just A Few Words                           61
 
NOTE: The Just a Few Words field allows you to type in 255 characters, but
only accepts the first 61 characters. You will not receive a message
telling you that you have reached a maximum character limit.
 
KBCategory: Kbusage
KBSubcategory: B_Notebook
 
Additional reference words: w_bob character limit
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