>Recently I've installed Word 2000 and realized almost immediately that when I
>do a Mail Merge, large memo fields were being truncated in my final Word
>Document (limitation 255 bytes). After applying the patch that Microsoft
>released, more of the memo field appeared on the document but still not enough
>for me. Microsoft does not have an additional patch for Word 2000. This
>issue is very critical for me since we generate legal documents and every word
>counts. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Suggestion: insert the text directly into the document instead of doing a Mail Merge.