I have Microsoft Outlook Professional Plus 2013. I am using quick parts with  templates for my work. A week ago I began receiving an error "fields nested too deeply" when trying to scroll through the templates. Since then it does not really work. Sometimes the error pops up immediately when I click on quick parts, sometimes it lets  me scroll for a second or two first. How can I fix this?

Hi,

Based on my research, this error happens when you are using a lot of nested fields in the Quick Parts, especially when it contains nested IF fields. It's recommended to use less complex statements with field codes. The following KB article is dated, by it might help:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/220250?wa=wsignin1.0

Regards,

Steve Fan
TechNet Community Support

In the case of my customer, the Quick Parts that were getting the error contained just a picture. They have no nested field, no fields at all. Just text and clip art. Some of the Quick Parts just became corrupted. I had to figure out the following solution. I could not find any other way to open the Building Blocks Organizer to fix the corrupted Quick Parts. I have not been able to find anything on how to actually edit the Quick Parts to fix "Nested" field.

To edit the quick parts gallery and remove corrupted quick parts...

1. Open a new email.

2. Click into the body of the new email.

3. Click the Insert tab.

4. Click the Quick Parts drop down menu.

5. Right click on top of one of the Quick Parts.

6. Select Organize and Delete...

7. This will open the Building Blocks Organizer.

8. Click on each of the "Building Blocks" (Quick Parts / Templates).

9. If a Building Block is corrupted it will give the "Fields are nested too Deeply" error.  Click OK.

10. Click the Delete button at the bottom.

11. Repeat...

In my case there were only 5 corrupted Quick Part out of a couple dozen. So my customer was very happy that I could save most of them. I hope this helps someone else looking for quick solutions.