Is there a Character Limit for Word 2007 Headers

[Marilyn]

Hello,
Is there a max number of characters set for footers in Word 2007. I have a
1 page document with a lot of information in the footer area and when I hit
enter on the last line I can’t see anything that I'm typing. I have cleared
the formatting but I still can’t see any new information being typed after
the last line.

Any Help is appreciated.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

There is no limit for the header/footer per se; the header/footer will
expand downward/upward to accommodate as much text as you want to put in it.
If you're using one of the building blocks that contains content controls,
there may be a limit to the amount of text the CC can contain.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Greg Maxey]

There is no limit for the header/footer per se; the header/footer will
expand downward/upward to accommodate as much text as you want to put in it.
If you're using one of the building blocks that contains content controls,
there may be a limit to the amount of text the CC can contain.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org







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Ms Barnhill,

Nothing to indicate CC text is limited here:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/211489

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

But is it possible to impose a limit, as one can with text form fields?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

There is no limit for the header/footer per se; the header/footer will
expand downward/upward to accommodate as much text as you want to put in
it.
If you're using one of the building blocks that contains content controls,
there may be a limit to the amount of text the CC can contain.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org







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Ms Barnhill,

Nothing to indicate CC text is limited here:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/211489

 

[Greg Maxey]

Yes by using the OnExit event. However, while I didn't have any problem
today, this event has been plagued with a bug since Word2007 was released so
it may not be reliable:

Private Sub Document_ContentControlOnExit(ByVal ContentControl As
ContentControl, Cancel As Boolean)
If Len(ContentControl.Range.Text) > 10 Then
Cancel = True
MsgBox "The limit for this CC is 10 characters"
End If
End Sub

The code above is very basic and as written limits the text length in "all"
CCs to 10.

AFAIK, there is no equivelant to form field "Maximum length" attribute.

But is it possible to impose a limit, as one can with text form
fields?



Ms Barnhill,

Nothing to indicate CC text is limited here:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/211489

--
Greg Maxey

See my web site http://gregmaxey.mvps.org
for an eclectic collection of Word Tips.

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[Venusc]

Continuing "Is there a character limit for Word headers"

Greg or Suzanne,

I'm wondering if you might be able to solve my dilemma which I believe is related to Marilyn's question.

I'm trying to paste nearly a full page of text to the header, but it will only display the first 5.5". I don't know where the rest of the text is hiding. (If I delete lines of text, the text below does move into sight.) The footer is behaving similarly. Subsequently, when I exit back into the document my text begins at the end of the header (5.5") and I can't change it. I don't know if this is new behavior in Word 2007, because I have similar documents created in earlier versions that don't behave like this.

(I was originally trying to paste a full page "picture" of a pdf doc to the header and then create a form on top of it, but I can only get the first line on the page. When I press the return, the next line begins a new page instead of just moving down one line.)

I hope you can help me out or possibly point me in the right direction.

Thank you!

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Okay, so that can't be the issue in this case.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Greg Maxey]

Okay, so that can't be the issue in this case.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org











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Yes. Roger that.