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I keep getting a message labeled "Too Long" when I try to publish an announcement. How do I fix the issue and what does it mean?
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@anita_cole351, I found at https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Resource-Documents/Canvas-Character-Limits/ta-p/529365 that there is a character limit of 153,585 characters for Announcements. Unfortunately, the Rich Content Editor has a word counter and not a character counter. You may need to check your message in an external tool.
@anita_cole351, I found at https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Resource-Documents/Canvas-Character-Limits/ta-p/529365 that there is a character limit of 153,585 characters for Announcements. Unfortunately, the Rich Content Editor has a word counter and not a character counter. You may need to check your message in an external tool.
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