Jul 24 2019 07:07 AM
I have a footer which is well under the 250 character limit but I receive an error message that "the text string you entered is too long" when I bold a few words. Does anyone know why this happens? And is there something we can do to fix/work round this?
The character count is currently 129 and I have no header, I'm using rows repeated across pages for that.
Jul 24 2019 08:30 AM
SolutionHello @av_church,
Although not ideal, here is a workaround for that problem:
Hope this helps!
PReagan
Jul 24 2019 08:34 AM
@av_church This is due to the fact that making the word limit bold, behind the scenes changes the information in the header to:
&"Calibri,Bold"limit&"Calibri,Regular"
So instead of 5 characters, limit now contributes 38 characters to the header.
Jul 24 2019 08:48 AM
Thanks for the idea, I'll see what I can do with it @PReagan
Jul 24 2019 08:49 AM
@Jan Karel Pieterse Thank's for explaining, looks like I will try the other suggestion of a picture with the text.
May 16 2022 09:06 PM - edited May 16 2022 09:07 PM
Holy crap, this was the problem all along! What is really weird is that it takes my bold & italicization when I use Calibri, but when I switch to Arial it triggers the limit. Why would a font name with less characters trigger it when Calibri does not? Is it just a default font setting I can change to unlock more characters when I use bold/italicize in my footers?
May 17 2022 01:10 AM
@Smizles If I open a new tab and enter the text 'test' as the left header, this is what the header actually contains: 'test'.
If I change the font of the header to -say- Arial, the header now contains:
'&"Arial,Regular"test'.
16 characters are added to the header, just by setting it to a Font different from the default setting.
Jul 24 2019 08:30 AM
SolutionHello @av_church,
Although not ideal, here is a workaround for that problem:
Hope this helps!
PReagan