PUB: Maximum Characters in Table Cell
Article ID: 117915
Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Publisher 3.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Publisher 2.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Publisher 2.0a
This article was previously published under Q117915
SUMMARY
The maximum number of characters that can be placed on a single line in a
table cell is 255. This includes spaces and special characters such as tabs
and carriage returns. Lines longer than 255 characters will be wrapped to
the next line in the same cell, regardless if there is space left in the
cell for more text.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at
the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Publisher
98 for Windows.
Additional query words: 2.00, 2.00a pub20 pub20a pub3 pub97 mspub
Keywords: kbinfo kbusage KB117915