There is a memo field in Access that will hold far more than 255 characters. Not sure of the limit. The 255 is an adjustable text field where you can set the exact number of characters you need. It is actually a bit more sophisticated in terms of space saving and access than those programs that don't allow this. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mary W. Elings University of California Pictorial Archivist Berkeley, CA 94720 The Bancroft Library Ph 510-642-8170 http://sunsite.berkeley.edu Fx 510-642-7589 On Tue, 30 Jun 1998, Jeffrey Bilderback wrote: > My 2 cents worth on this subject. I recently took a look at Access and found > that the fields can only hold 255 characters. That is too short for many of > my entries. MS Works' database can hold more. Good luck. > > Jeffrey Bilderback >