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Is there any way to limit the number of characters entered
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Hi Tamsin

check out data / validation
choose text & set the settings you require

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Is there any way to limit the number of characters entered
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Hi
the limit is 1024. So you should have no problem to enter
more than 5 (unless there's a cell validation in place)

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Is there any way to limit the number of characters

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