ID: Q165569
The information in this article applies to:
When you copy a chart from one the versions of Microsoft Excel listed above, you may receive an error message in the program to which you are pasting. The errors may include the following.
The server application, source file, or item cannot be found. You
should reinstall the server application.
There is insufficient memory. Save the document now.
You will experience this problem if you are copying a chart from a workbook that has multiple windows.
To resolve this problem, use one of the following methods.
Close any extras windows that are open for the workbook from which you are copying the chart. You can identify these windows by looking at the Microsoft Excel title bar for the following: <workbook name>:1, <workbook name>:2, and so on. To close the window <workbook name>:2, follow these steps:
1. Activate the window named <workbook name>:2.
2. Click Close on the window's Control menu.
Repeat this procedure until there is only one window left open.
NOTE: You will need to save your workbook after completing this procedure.
You can paste the chart as a picture to avoid the error messages mentioned in the "Symptoms" section. To do this, do the following:
1. Activate the chart in Microsoft Excel.
2. Click Copy on the Edit menu.
3. Open the program into which you want to paste the chart.
4. Click Paste Special on the Edit menu.
5. Select Picture, and then click OK.
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.
For more information about closing workbook windows, click the Index tab in Microsoft Excel Help, type the following text
windows, closing
Additional query words: XL97 off
Keywords : kberrmsg kbbuglist
Version : MACINTOSH:5.0,5.0a,98; WINDOWS:5.0,5.0c,7.0,97
Platform : MACINTOSH WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbugLast Reviewed: January 7, 1999