title: Excel 2003: max length dropdown list
body: <p>I have a simple question, but searching on the internet didn't help me (maybe my brains are not working as they should... :S).
  I have a dropdown list in Excel 2003, which I fill via VBA script. Now I get errors, when the size of the list is to big. In know there is a limit to the number of characters in a list.</p>
  
  <p>At first I didn't had the error, when I was working in Excel 2007. But I needed to change to 2003. Before going further, defining a functional solution, I would like to know what the limitation is, <strong>max number of characters</strong>, of the <strong>dropdown list</strong> in <strong>Excel 2003</strong>??</p>
  
  <p>Note: if found <a href="http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/excel-specifications-and-limits-HP005199291.aspx" rel="nofollow">this</a> MS website, but I don't see what I'm looking for...</p>