Title: Export truncates fields
Last modified: October 1, 2018

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# Export truncates fields

 *  Resolved [donnacoxbaker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/donnacoxbaker/)
 * (@donnacoxbaker)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/export-truncates-fields/)
 * I have exported the database for publication and some of the text fields are 
   being truncated. See “Gurley” as the Surname in the database for an example. 
   It’s fine on the screen, but when exported to CSV, it is truncated at “Susan 
   C. was born in Wil”
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   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Roland Barker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xnau/)
 * (@xnau)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/export-truncates-fields/#post-10741459)
 * I would suggest you take a look at the CSV using a plain text editor to see if
   it is that way in the CSV file. There is no reason why a value would be truncated
   in the CSV, unless the data was something like several megabytes long.
 * Typically, problems like this are in the way the CSV file is imported or displayed
   by another application, such as a spreadsheet. Checking the CSV file directly
   will show you where the problem is.
 *  Thread Starter [donnacoxbaker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/donnacoxbaker/)
 * (@donnacoxbaker)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/export-truncates-fields/#post-10742769)
 * Thank you! I wasn’t looking directly at the CSV, but at how it mail-merged with
   Microsoft Word. It is the merging that is cutting the data. My apologies and 
   thanks for your help!
    -  This reply was modified 7 years, 8 months ago by [donnacoxbaker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/donnacoxbaker/).

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 * Last reply from: [donnacoxbaker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/donnacoxbaker/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/export-truncates-fields/#post-10742769)
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