Word Sees Limited Memo Fields Using ODBC Drivers
Article ID: 122752
Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 6.0a
- Microsoft Word 6.0c
- Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 95a
This article was previously published under Q122752
SYMPTOMS
When you perform a mail merge with a FoxPro or Microsoft Access database
that contains many Memo fields, Word recognizes no more than two or three
of those Memo fields. In addition, Word will drop any data from fields that
appear after the second or third Memo field. If the first Memo field
contains a large amount of data (200 paragraphs containing more than 80
characters each), Word will not recognize even the first field. Word may
drop data from fields that appear after the first Memo field depending on
the size of the first Memo field. This behavior occurs when you perform a
mail merge using ODBC.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the products listed at the
beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post
new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes
available.
WORKAROUND
Method 1: Change the Memo Fields to Text Fields. (NOTE: Text Fields have a
255 character limit and may be truncated.)
Method 2 (with Access only): Use DDE instead of ODBC.
Additional query words: 6.0 FoxPro fox pro Access Insert Database odbc memo field merge incomplete missing data header fields word6 winword
Keywords: kbmerge KB122752