Why is bridge reducing number of characters in keywords in IPTC?

I have a lot of photos tagged with keywords and titles in Windows explorer. I am trying to somehow convert these to IPTC format. I had been told that bridge could do this but need some help.
Firstly what is the easiest way to make the IPTC data stick to the photos, do I need to open each one and save the file individuallly? I have tried doing a batch rename but when i open the photos in another piece of software i have it seems the IPTC keywords have been restricted t a small number of characters. Is bridge doing this? Is there a character limit in IPTC?

See answer in this thread in post #2. http://forums.adobe.com/thread/544918;jsessionid=6A1F8C7464640A9CE95D1B66951A5B38.node0?ts tart=0

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