What is the character or word limit for an AutoText entry in Word

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I'm trying to find out what the maximum length for an auto text entry is.
Can anyone give me a word or character count for this?
 
I am not aware of one, Krista, but be aware that whatever you use will be
stored in your template, so if it's very big, then you could get yourself in
trouble. :)
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~Anne Troy

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Autotext entries are stored in templates. If I make a document with 10
pages, and save it, an autotext entry that's 10 pages long will likely take
up the same amount of space. So what I'm saying is that if you make 100
autotext entries that are one page long, it's like having a 100-page
document stored in your template.

If you explain why you're asking, we may be able to give you alternatives to
autotext that'll work better for you.
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~Anne Troy

www.OfficeArticles.com
 
The documented limit for any Word document or template is a total of
32 MB of text. There's no documented limit for graphic objects.

There isn't any particular size that "could cause problems" other than
making loading and editing progressively slower. What tends to cause
problems -- mostly involving document corruption -- is complexity.
Complicated nested tables, hundreds of section breaks, tons of direct
(as opposed to style-based) formatting, and especially misuse of
automatic paragraph numbering will invite trouble. Autotext is far
down on that scale.
 
Thanks - this helps clarify.

Jay Freedman said:
The documented limit for any Word document or template is a total of
32 MB of text. There's no documented limit for graphic objects.

There isn't any particular size that "could cause problems" other than
making loading and editing progressively slower. What tends to cause
problems -- mostly involving document corruption -- is complexity.
Complicated nested tables, hundreds of section breaks, tons of direct
(as opposed to style-based) formatting, and especially misuse of
automatic paragraph numbering will invite trouble. Autotext is far
down on that scale.
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Hi Anne,
Thanks for the additional info - the initial request was more for my
informaiton than anything. Sort of along the lines of how many rows are
there in Excel? Just wondered what the boundaries of AutoText might be.
 
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