Notes field truncated on Export to Access

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From: Cliff Mitchell (CliffMitchell_at_e-SIL.com)
Date: 09/10/04 

Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 10:25:23 -0700

When exporting from Project to Access (File > SaveAs >
Save As Type : MS Access Database) the Task Notes field
appears to be truncated to 255 characters maximum. Is
there any way around this? Is it a bug? Is it fixed in
later releases?

Thanks,

Cliff

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