Limits for Word
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The following are the operating parameters and their limits for Microsoft Word.
- Number of open windows
- Limited only by available memory
- Maximum file size
- 32 megabytes (MB)
- Number of words in custom dictionaries
- 5,000
- Maximum custom dictionary file size
- 65,593 bytes
- Length of bookmark names
- 40 characters
- Number of bookmarks per document
- 16,379
- Length of AutoText entry names (including spaces)
- 32 characters
- Number of AutoText entries per document template
- Limited by template file size and/or available memory
- Number of global AutoText entries
- Limited by template file size and/or available memory
- Length of style names
- 255 characters
- Number of styles per document or template
- 10,000
- Number of fields per document
- 32,000
- Number of general switches in a field
- 10
- Number of field-specific switches in a field
- 10
- Number of nesting levels for fields
- 20
- Number of subdocuments in a master document
- 255
- Number of columns in a table
- 63
- Number of newspaper columns
- 45 (number of columns is affected by page size and margin settings)
- Number of tab stops set in a paragraph
- 64
- Number of smart tags
- 32,752
- Minimum page height
- 0.1 inch
- Maximum number of cascading style sheets linked together
- 11
- Maximum page height
- 22 inches
- Minimum page width
- 0.1 inch
- Maximum page width and table width
- 22 inches
- Number of custom toolbars
- Limited only by available memory
- Number of custom toolbar buttons
- Limited only by available memory
- Number of characters per line
- 768
- Minimum font size
- 1 point
- Maximum font size
- 1,638 point (22 inches)
- Number of fonts per document
- 32,767
- Amount of space between characters
- 1,584 point
- Distance text can be raised or lowered
- 1,584 point
- Maximum number of colors in color palette
- 256
- Default cache size
- 64 kilobytes (KB)
- Default bitmap cache (bitmap memory)
- 1 MB